LA BILLARDIÈRE (Jacques-Julien Houtou de)Livre Rare Book
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1800PHO-1086Texte In-8 (200 x 130 mm) Relié demi-basane, dos orné pièce de titre et de tomaison ,T1 manque coiffe sup.,T2 ,manque coiffes, papier bruni. 440 pp et 332 pp suivi de 109 pp de vocabulaire et table des planches contenues dans l’atlas, table des chapitres du volume et errata. ATLAS Atlas pour servir à la relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse, fait par ordre de l’Assemblée constituante, Pendant les années 1791, 1792, et pendant la 1ere et 2eme année de la République Française. Paris : H. J. Jansen, An VIII de la République (1800). — In-folio, 510 x 335 : titre, 1 carte, 43 planches. Demi toile , dos lisse avec titre , planches 6 détachée et 35 détachée et émargée , dédicace «à Mr V. Rey, secrétaire général de la Nouvelle Calédonie,1903»
179953594Leipsick, No publisher, 1799. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. XXXVI,562 pp., 5 engraved plates and 1 large folded engraved world map: ""Mappemonde ou Carte réduite des Parties connues du Globe pour servir au Voyage de la Pérouse..."" (52 x 42,5 cm.). A few margins of text at beginning and at end stained. The portrait lacks.
179817370Paris Plassan 1798 - An VI in-8 br. non rogné. T II : (2ff.), 414pp. ;T III : 316pp., (74ff.) ; T IV: (2ff.), 328pp.
179853622Paris, Plassin, 1798. 8vo. and folio (44 x 30) cm. Textvolumes bound in 4 contemporary half calf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. Tome-label on volume one eroded. Stamp on title-pages. (4),LXVIII,368(4),414316,(120 = Tables)"(4),328 pp. A few scattered brownspots. Atlasvolume bound in matching hcalf. Spine gilt and rubbed. Lower compartment of spine with wear and tear. Engraved portrai of Pérouse as frontispiece. Engraved pictorial titlepage with cupids and naviogational instruments (dessinée par Moreau le Jeune) and 69 engraved maps, plans and plates of which 32 are large folded engraved maps. Mild foxing to some parts of some maps, occasionally mild dampstains to some plates, marginal browning and some spotting. One map with a repair to folding.
1797014743Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique 1797. Print measures 40x25.cm. Some light surface wear stain mark on margin. Print in good clean condition. . Near Very Good. Illus. by Godefroy. L'Imprimerie de la Republique unknown
17913590A Dijon: De l'Imprimerie de Capel 1791. First edition. Woodcut headpiece. Contemporary manuscript certification at the end signed by two officials of the Département de la Côte-d'Or dated Dijon 23 avril 1791. Unbound as issued. In fine condition. First edition. Woodcut headpiece. Contemporary manuscript certification at the end signed by two officials of the Département de la Côte-d'Or dated Dijon 23 avril 1791. Unbound as issued. 3 1 blank p. <p><br /> The first formal document acknowledging fears of La Pérouse's disappearance in a rare provincial printing issued shortly after the royal decree.<br /> <p><p><br /> Very rare Dijon printing of the first formal decree acknowledging concern over the disappearance of La Pérouse's expedition. This decree issued by the Assemblée Nationale and promulgated in the name of Louis XVI on 25 February 1791 initiated the official search for La Boussole and L'Astrolabe last heard from in 1788 following their departure from Botany Bay. It instructed France's ambassadors consuls and agents abroad to solicit assistance from foreign powers and navigators-especially in the southern Pacific-"de faire toutes recherches des deux frégates Françoises La Boussole & L'Astrolabe. de même que toute perquisition qui pourroit constater leur existence ou naufrage."<br /> <p><p><br /> The decree also called for the arming of one or more vessels carrying scientists naturalists and artists tasked with both locating La Pérouse and conducting a broader exploratory mission "utile & avantageuse à la navigation à la géographie au commerce aux arts & aux sciences." This ultimately led to the voyage of Rear Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux 1791-1794.<br /> <p><p><br /> La Pérouse's expedition 1785-88 commissioned by Louis XVI and modelled in part on the voyages of Cook was the most ambitious French maritime expedition of the Enlightenment. Departing from Brest in August 1785 the two frigates visited South America including Chile Easter Island Alaska California Macao the Philippines and Australia Botany Bay sending reports and scientific observations until their disappearance after March 1788. Their fate remained a mystery until the wreckage was found decades later on Vanikoro Island.<br /> <p><p><br /> The Dijon edition printed by Capel and officially certified by the departmental administration is part of a coordinated provincial dissemination of the decree alongside other issues printed in Pau Orléans Grenoble Valenciennes Auxerre and Évreux.<br /> <p><p><br /> References: cf. Ferguson 106a Auxerre ed.; Kroepelien 710; McLaren 132 Valenciennes ed.; Horner Looking for La Pérouse pp. 4-6.<br /> <p>. De l'Imprimerie de Capel unknown
180021185London 1800. Very good overall. Copper engraving of two Tlingit women of the Pacific Northwest. Port des Francais is now known as Lituya Bay in southeast Alaska. The engraving depicts the women at the sea coast seated under trees wearing fur cloaks one viewed in profile each with lip plates or labrets. Engraved by Deeves after a drawing by Prior. From Voyage de La Perouse Autour du Monde. 4to 8x 10" paper; 6 1/4 x 8 1/2" image. unknown
179823577London: John Stockdale 1798. First Stockdale edition. Hardcover. Recently expertly rebacked retaining all original materials some toning to text and plates but a very good copy. 2 volumes contemporary full tan calf by H. Faulkner; 20 cxc 290; viii 442 119 pp 51 engraved plates in the 2 volumes including 3 folding maps in first volume. Printed label at upper corner of verso of front free endpaper: "Bound by H. Faulkner George Court Adelphi." The British Book Trade Directory finds a Henry Faulkner Sr. succeded by Henry Faulkner Jr. at a George Court Adelphi from 1790 to 1825. <br/><br/>Originally published in French in 1797 this is one of two English-language translations published in 1798. This edition preceded earlier in the year by the Johnson edition which had only 41 plates. "The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated Pérouse is full of interest in all portions but his relations of the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the northwest coast of North America are especially valuable. The mysterious fate of this distinguished navigator has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account was transmitted from Botany Bay after leaving this place the expedition was never heard of again" Sabin. In fact recent investigations into the fate of La Perouse have determined that both ships in the expedition were wrecked on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands. Cox I p. 67; Hill 974 observing that "The preface to the Stockdale edition leads one to suppose that the Johnson edition was published slightly earlier; Sabin 38964. John Stockdale hardcover
17914212Evreux, Imprimerie du département, 1791. 1791 2 ff. in-folio (244 x 196 mm.) de 4 pp. Imprimées. Bandeau gravé en entéte, note signée à lencre noire en marge de la p. 4. (traces de plis et de trous en marges). Non relié, conservé tel que paru dans une chemise de papier d'époque.
17956309Paris, Everat, sans date [1795]. In-8 de [4]-397-II-[1] pages [signatures: 2; A-Z8; Aa-Bb8], demi-basane rouge, dos orné de fleurons et filets dorés, pièces de titre en percaline brique, tête rouge, second plat de couverture conservé (reliure moderne).
17914196Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1791. 1791 2 ff. in-folio (244 x 196 mm.) dont 1 blanc. Bandeau gravé surmonté de linscription manuscrite à lencre brune « lu à laudiance du mercredy vingt-sept juillet 1791.» ; tampon officiel rouge et signature à lencre noire in fine. (traces de plis, salissures et défauts dusage). Non relié, conservé tel que paru dans une chemise de papier d'époque.
179843609London: Published as the Act directs Nov 1st 1798. by G.G.& J. Robinson 1798. Folio. 43x 27cm. 17" x 14.5". Atlas Volume First English Edition foliated engraved frontis portrait and engraved title-page 68 fine engraved plates maps charts and views many double page and include several plate illustrations on botanical and ornithological subjects. The plates are numbered 2 - 69 without the world map as usual plates are all very good to fine in contemporary half crimson morocco and marbled boards binding heavily dust worn similar wear on the edges upper hinge loose internally very good to fine condition. The map of the world is sometimes described as wanting however it would usually be in the two volume and is not call for in the list of plates <br /> <br /> ~ ~ ~ Hill #'s 972-979. "La Perouse expedition was one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to the Pacific and North West Coast of North America. Hill. "Sabin 38960; Cox I-67. Fine copy of this Important 'Surveying Atlas' to the Pacific and west coast of North America. 1798. The plates are spectacular. - Atlas to the English edition of the report of the famous voyage around the world. Cook Bougainville and La Pérouse contributed decisively to the exploration of the Pacific. <br /> On the unexpected publication of this famous voyage at Paris in the previous year 1797 there was considerable competition among English publishers to bring out the English translation. Three different translations were made and published during 1798-99 and different engravers were employed for making the plates. Stockdale's appeared first in June 1798. Robinson's edition of 1799 is the most esteemed edition in English later editions being usually based on it." The atlas bears the date 1798 in the imprint but was published together with two text volumes in 1799. Published, as the Act directs, Nov, 1st, 1798. by G.G.& J. Robinson unknown
1798175968London. 1798. Engraving on watermarked wove paper 33.3 x 24.9 cm plate mark 42 x 26.6 cm sheet edges a little browned and dusty but a very good dark impression. Fine botanical illustration of the climbing chili prepared for the 'Account of the Voyage of Jean-François Galaup-La Pérouse' 1785-1788 the great but ill-fated French voyage of discovery and exploration. Guillaume Prevost was botanical artist on the ship L'Astrolabe and from a noted family of botanical artists. . unknown
