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98481Paris Arthus Bertrand 1837. . First edition. 3 vols comprising 2 vols 4to text and 1 vol. folio atlas 53 x 35 cms text a little spotted as usual atlas with 56 plates comprising 34 lithographed views and portraits after V. Adam Sabatier and others from sketches by E.B. de la Touanne printed by Bernard & Frey 12 hand-colored engraved natural history plates after P. Bessa and J.-G. Pretre by Coutant H. Legrand Oudet Dumenil and Massard double-page hand-colored aquatint of various native vessels folding engraved map 2 double-page coastal profiles and 6 double-page engraved maps and charts by A. Tardieu after E.B. de la Touanne usual sporadic toning and light staining plate 4 a bit foxed contemporary calf-backed marbled boards atlas rebacked to match a very good set. <br /> The official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world. The main intention of the voyage was political: to extend French influence in Indochina. However Bougainville also touched at Pondicherry Manila Macao Surabaya Sydney Port Jackson Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro. Bougainville son of the explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville had served as an eighteen-year-old ensign on the Baudin voyage and after distinguished service in the Napoleonic wars he was given command of the frigate La Thetis and the corvette L'Esprance. He spent several months in and around Sydney where most of the ornithological material gathered by the voyage had been collected here and resulted in three drawings by Bessa of four species of birds including 'superb illustrations' Wood of the male and female Gang-gang or red-crested parrot. From here both ships crossed to Valparaiso where La Touanne commenced his overland journey to rejoin the expedition at Rio. The account of this journey takes up much of the second volume together with R.-P. Lesson's account of the natural history.<br /> Ayer/Zimmer p83; Borba de Moraes I115; Ferguson 2236; Fine Bird Books p79; Hill 162; Nissen ZBI 483; Sabin 6875; Whittell p68; Wood p251. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837. hardcover
1837WRCAM54770Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1837. Two large quarto text volumes plus folio atlas. Text volumes: vi742; xvi3511652pp. Atlas: 4pp. plus fifty- six engraved or lithographed plates and double-page maps many handcolored. Errata. Lacking front blank in first volume. Half titles. Uniform contemporary half tan diced russia and marbled boards text and altas neatly rebacked preserving original backstrips. Two modern bookplates on each front pastedown minor scattered foxing. Varying degrees of foxing to atlas plates. Very good. First edition of the official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world. Hyacinthe de Bougainville son of Louis de Bougainville sailed as an ensign at the age of eighteen on the Baudin voyage. His own expedition of 1826 has continued to be overshadowed by such circumnavigators as Dumont d'Urville. After distinguished service in the Napoleonic Wars Bougainville was promoted to post-captain and given command of the Thétis. She was only the second French frigate to be commissioned for a circumnavigation the first having been his father's vessel the Boudeuse. <br> <br> The voyage took twenty-eight months visiting Pondicherry Manila Macao Surabaya Sydney a stay of almost three months Valparaiso and Rio among other places. Bougainville returned to France with a fine collection of natural history specimens and the official account of the voyage was handsomely published after a delay of some eleven years. The major purpose of the expedition was political and strategic and Bougainville's first report of 1826 gave the French government a survey of colonial possessions in Asia and of the military strength of Manila as well as accounts of Singapore the Australian colonies and Spanish America. He spent several months in and around Sydney where he collected considerable ornithological material. This ultimately resulted in three drawings by Bessa of four species of birds including superb illustrations of the male and female Gang-gang or red-crested parrot. <br> <br> From here both ships crossed to Valparaiso where la Touanne commenced his overland journey to rejoin the expedition at Rio. The account of this journey takes up much of the second volume together with René Primevère Lesson's account of the natural history. Bougainville's advice was taken into account in the development of French strategy and diplomacy in the Pacific during the 19th century. <br> <br> The rare atlas volume includes thirty-four lithographed views and portraits after Adam Sabatier and others from sketches by de la Touanne printed by Bernard & Frey; twelve handcolored engraved natural history plates after Bessa and Pretre by Coutant Legrand Oudet Dumenil and Massard; an excellent double-page handcolored aquatint of various native vessels; a folding engraved world map; two double-page coastal profiles and six double-page engraved maps and charts by Tardieu after de la Touanne. <br> <br> A handsome copy of a historically underappreciated circumnavigation. FERGUSON 2236. HILL 162. FINE BIRD BOOKS p.79. BORBA DE MORAES p.115. NISSEN ZBI 483. SABIN 6875. WHITTELL p.68. WOOD p.251. ZIMMER 83. Arthus Bertrand hardcover books
183789106Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1837. Fine. A major circumnavigation Arthus Bertrand Paris 1837 24 x 31.5 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition of this significant travel account which retraces a major circumnavigation with key stopovers including Île Bourbon Pondicherry Singapore Manila Macao Tourane the Anambas Islands Java Surabaya Port Jackson Santiago Valparaíso and Rio de Janeiro. The atlas volume contains 56 plates and maps 13 of which are hand-colored cf. Sabin 6875; Borba de Moraes I 115; Ferguson 2236; Nissen ZBI 483; British Museum Natural History II 605. The text volumes are bound in contemporary navy blue half calf flat spines faded and decorated with gilt and blind-ruled fillets gilt roll-tooled head- and tailpieces marbled paper-covered boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns some rubbing to joints edges and corners. Contemporary bindings. The atlas volume is bound in contemporary violet half calf over marbled boards flat spine with gilt and blind fillets joints split at head and foot gilt roll-tooled head- and tailpieces marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Contemporary binding. Some foxing mainly affecting the text volumes; corners of the atlas worn; small tear without loss on p. 81 of vol. I. The two ships involved in this expedition were the frigate Thétis commanded by Hyacinthe de Bougainville leader of the expedition and the corvette Espérance under the command of Paul de Nourquer du Camper. The first volume contains a complete account of the voyage from the departure from Brest on March 2 1824 to the return to the same port on June 24 1826. It also includes the official instructions issued to Bougainville and the list of officers comprising the expedition staff p. 25. The second volume recounts the overland journey from Valparaíso to Buenos Aires made by Edmond de La Touanne across the Andes and the Pampas followed by his commentary on the historical plates the natural history section by Lesson and the astronomical and meteorological observations. The atlas includes 34 historical plates depicting the Philippines Macao Cochinchina Australia Chile and Brazil including six views of Rio de Janeiro; 12 hand-colored plates of natural history mammals birds reptiles insects plants and the heteradelphous Ake; 6 large hydrographic maps; 2 coastal views; 1 double-page colored plate of boats and pirogues from the Chinese seas and the Sunda Islands; and 1 folding map showing the full itinerary of the expedition. The son of the renowned navigator and explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville Hyacinthe de Bougainville was born in Brest in 1781. A graduate of the École Polytechnique he joined the navy took part in the Baudin expedition to the Pacific 18001803 and served on Bruix's staff. He was appointed frigate captain in 1811 and commanded the Cérès being captured in 1814 by two British ships. Promoted to ship's captain in August 1821 he led from 1824 to 1826 aboard the Thétis and the Espérance a circumnavigation that took him to the Philippines Macao Tourane Singapore Surabaya and Sydney from which he brought back valuable political strategic and commercial intelligence. Promoted to rear admiral in May 1838 he died in 1846. Cf. Taillemite. Arthus Bertrand hardcover
1837FA2EGG01U79OParis: Impr. De Rignoux for Arthus Bertrand 1837. Later three-quarter red morocco with the title author and volume numbers lettered in gold on the spine marbled paper sides marbled paper end-papers. With 34 full-page lithographed views and costume plates 12 hand-coloured full-page engraved plates a double-page hand-coloured aquatint 7 engraved maps 1 folding 6 double-page 2 double-page plates and few steel-engraved illustrations in the text. 2 text volumes 4to and 1 atlas volume folio: 545 x 350 mm. First and only edition of a richly illustrated work on the French circumnavigation of the world under command of Baron de Bougainville 1781-1846 son of the great explorer Louis de Bougainville. The goal of the voyage was to extend France's influence in Indochina. However Bougainville also visited Pondicherry Manila Macao Surabaya Sydney Port Jackson Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro. He brought back a collection of natural history specimens from his expedition which was described as one of the most precious and important that had been seen in France.After distinguished service in the Napoleonic Wars Bougainville was promoted to post-captain and given command of the Thétis. She was only the second French frigate to be commissioned for a circumnavigation the first having been his father's vessel the Boudeuse. The voyage took twenty-eight months and the official account was published after a delay of some eleven years. The major purpose of the expedition was political and strategic and Bougainville's first report of 1826 gave the French government a survey of colonial possessions in Asia and of the military strength of Manila as well as accounts of Singapore the Australian colonies and Spanish America. Bougainville's advice was taken into account in the development of French strategy and diplomacy in the Pacific during the 19th century. He also spent several months in and around Sydney where he collected considerable ornithological material. This ultimately resulted in three drawings by Bessa of four species of birds including superb illustrations of the male and female Gang-gang or red-crested parrot.The text contains an account of the voyage. The gorgeously coloured engraved plates show plants and animals including a curious case of Siamese twins a bat an Australian kangaroo a chameleon a "Gymnodactile Phyllure" a fine plate with butterflies and two plates of indigenous plants. The double-page maps of places visited include two double-page plates with views of the coast-lines of the Maldives and the Philippines a folding double-page map of the world showing the routes of De Bougainville's voyage as well as the route his father took in 1766-1769 and a beautiful hand-coloured plate with sailing ships and rowing boats in use in the Chinese Sea and Indian Ocean by China Manilla the Dutch East-Indies and Japan. The lithographed plates show views and costumes of India the Philippines China Cambodia Java Sidney and elsewhere in Australia Chile Rio de la Plata and Brazil.Bound with the original wrappers. The edges and corners of the boards are slightly scuffed the boards are very slightly rubbed. The text volumes are very lightly foxed throughout the atlas is somewhat browned and foxed throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Borba de Moraes p. 115; Bosch 416; Chadenat 26; Ferguson 2236; Hill 162; Howgego 1800-1850 B50; Nissen ZBI 483; Rodrigues 440; Sabin 6875. Impr. De Rignoux for Arthus Bertrand, unknown
