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New York: Da Capo Press. Very Good. 1971. Facsimile. Hardcover. Faux vellum covers with gilt titling on deep blue background. Originally published in 1800. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 476+ pages .

Amsterdam / New York: N. Israel / Da Capo, 1971. Hardcover. As New with no dust jacket. This is Bibliotheca Austrliana #67. This is a reprinting of the John Stockdale London 1800 edition, whose title read, " Voyage in search of La Perouse performed by order of the Contituent Assembly during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794, and drawn up by M. Labillardiere, correspondent of the Academy of Science at Paris, member of the Society of Natual History, and one of the natualists attached to the expedition. Translated from the French. Illustrated with forty-six plates." 476 pages plus appendix. priority and international shipping will be more than our standard rates, please inquire. bound in imitation vellum. ; 8 x 10

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Amsterdam, N. Israel, (1971).. Facsimile Edition; 4to; pp. xviii, 476, 40, 81-88, 49-65; frontispiece, fold-out map, numerous b/w illustrations, appendix; original white cloth, title in gilt on blue label on spine and front board, a fine copy.

London: Uphill, 1802. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Second English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. vii, 423, 45 pages. This edition was published without any engravings. Front and rear covers detached, 3-4 mm lacking at spine ends, small piece of p. 151/152 missing without effecting the text. Covers the voyage from Tasmania to New Zealand, Tonga, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Java, Mauritius and back to France..

London: Stockdale, 1800. Book. Fair. Leather. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volume set. 487; 344, 105 pages, plus advertising pages. Lacking the chart of the world in vol. I and plates 29 and 32 in vol. II. Page 301/2 in vol. II is misbound after p. 306, plate 9 in vol. I. has some outlining around the swan. Front and rear covers of volume I detached, split in leather of spine of vol. II. This is the octavo edition. Original binding, leather spines and corners, marbled boards. The 43 plates in this set show indigenous people and the canoes and material culture of Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and the Solomon islands..

London, John Stockdale, 1800, First edition in English. . contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red leather title labels, joints split, one board just holding, worn at edges, corners, bookplate of George Knight, light foxing on some leaves, but overall clean, text blocks tight, a very good set. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxii, [33] - 487; 344, 105, [vi, ads] pp, 45 engraved plates including frontis's, large folding map (short tear at stub), tables. . Hill p. 168: "Labillardiere was aboard the expedition under d'Entrecasteaux which was sent out to search for the missing Laperouse. Although unsuccessful in the search, the voyage was of considerable importance due to the scientific observations made and also for surveys of the coasts of Tasmania, New Caledonia, the north coast of New Guinea, and the southwest coast of Australia. Labillardiere's account of the Tongans is among the best contributions to the ethnology of that people." Cox 69: "of considerable… Read More