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1819E1299K01U79OBrest 1819. Folded leaf 20.6 x 16.5 cm. In French. 2 1/2 pp. text. Interesting letter from the famous French explorer Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Baroness Hyde de Neuville died 1849 the wife of Baron Jean-Guillaume Hyde de Neuville 1776 - 1857 French aristocrat diplomat and politician.In this letter Bougainville refers to an earlier visit with the Baroness on his vessel La Seine which he commanded from 1819-21 and a meeting he had with her and her husband in Washington. He also asks whether she can arrange a new meeting between him and her husband. Small hole in margin not affecting text. Fine letter by the famous circumnavigator Hyacinthe de Bougainvile.l On Bougainville: Howgego1800-1850 B50; on the De Neuvilles: New Jersey Women's History. unknown
1837ABC_47451France 1837. Folded. 1 17.7 x 12 cm; 2 17.7 x 12 cm; 3 15.6 x 10 cm; 4 20.4 x 13.2 cm. All four letters written in French in an early 19th century cursive in brown ink. With the blind-stamped initials "H.B" in the top right corner of each letter. Including:1 Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Gaspar baron Gourgaud.France Saturday 26 September 1835.2 Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Madame Delpeche.France 25 March 1837.3 Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher Ami".France 13 April 1838.4 Autograph letter from Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher Ami" and his best "Comrade".France 16 December 1845. Hyacinthe Bougainville 1781-1846 was a French naval officer son of the famous French Admiral and explorer Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville 1729-1811 who had circumnavigated the world in 1766-1779. Hyacinthe sailed around the world from 1824-1826 on board of the Thétis and the Espérance sent by the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies the Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre. It was virtually a diplomatic mission to Réunion Cochin-China Pondicherry in the Indian Ocean Manila and Macao. Hyacinthe returned across the Pacific and after anchoring at Port Jackson for three months he returned to France via Rio de Janeiro. Hyacinthe de Bougainville became Rear-Admiral in 1838.Ad 1: Autograph letter signed by Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Gaspar baron Gourgaud. Hyacinthe complained that he had heard nothing from him since their last "réunion gastronomique" 16 days earlier.Ad 2: Autograph letter signed by Hyacinthe de Bougainville to Madame Delpeche. She was the widow of François Delpeche an engraver who made a portrait of Hyacinthe's father Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1837.Ad 3: Autograph letter signed by Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher ami". He wrote that he had been presented by the Minister with some others that he didn't know to the King as an option for being made a contre admiral = Rear Admiral. "I am at the head of the list and if I stick to my titles I will be without worry ". He invokes his deeds since 1830 and says that he wants to retire "if I am not done justice; the name I bear does not allow me to serve any longer as a stepping stone for others". Three days before he was told that "le travail" was presented to the King and indeed his appointment followed the same year.Ad 4: Autograph letter signed by Hyacinthe de Bougainville to a "Cher ami" and his best "comrade". De Bougainville asks him a favour regarding the son-in-law of his "second" on the Thétis during his voyage around the globe in 1824-1826.All four letters with faint folding lines and pencil annotations; ads 2 and 4 with glue residue on the last leaf ad 2 with the remnants of a seal and a slight defect to the top corner of the last leaf where the letter was sealed and reopened. Overall in very good condition.l Howgego Encyclopaedia of Exploration 1800 to 1850 vol 2 B50. unknown
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183756019lithograph EXTREMELY RARE view from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824 1825 et 1826"; pl. 5. REFERENCE: Borba de Moraes I p. 115; Sabin 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson 1204; cf. Hill p. 31; Numa Broc Oceanie 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego B50. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
1890107586Leipzig: Verlag Von Moritz Ruhl 1890. Hardcover. Good. 4th Edition. iv72pp. Octavo. Blue cloth boards with colour illustration pasted to front. Large colour fold-out illustrations attached to back pastedown intact. Boards bumped and cloth to spine is quite worn and starting to fray near the bottom. Binding is a bit loose. Some minor foxing to title page and fold-out else in fairly good condition. A scarce book detailing the uniform and dress of the German Marines. The fold-out illustrations at the back of the book is especially interesting showing the various uniform details dependent on rank and occasion. 1890 Verlag Von Moritz Ruhl hardcover
29401Manuscript in brown ink folio 1 page; headed 'Rade de Macao ce 1er Janvier 1825' the letter is to an unnamed recipient and concerns the Lazarist missionary Lamiot; old vertical and horizontal folds minor tears at the ends roughened at top and bottom edges else clean and complete with red wax seals preserved. Rare unpublished letter of Baron Hyacinthe de Bougainville 1781-1846 written at Macao aboard the corvette Thétis during its circumnavigation of 1824-26. Baron de Bougainville was the son of the navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1729-1811. Earlier on in his naval career he had taken part in the Baudin expedition to New Holland of 1800-1803. In the years 1824-26 he led a diplomatic mission to East Asia on a round the world expedition with the warships Thétis and Espérance. His ships set sail from France in March 1824 and visited Réunion Pondicherry Manila Macao Cochin-China and Soerabaia. On his return voyage across the Pacific - retracing in part his father's famous circumnavigation of 1766-1769 - he called in at Port Jackson for three months during 1825. Whilst in Sydney he erected monuments to La Pérouse and Receveur at Botany Bay. Bougainville's letter written at anchor off Macao concerns the Lazarist missionary Louis-François Lamiot 1767-1831 superior of the Vincentians in China. Having first arrived in Peking in 1794 for many years Lamiot had acted as court interpreter until in 1820 he was banished from the empire owing to his association with the disgraced Father Clet. He was living in exile at Macao at the time of the arrival of the Thétis and Espérance at the end of 1824. Bougainville writes: 'Lamiot having received the order to return to France after serving the Emperor in Peking for 26 years presented himself to be admitted on the King's frigate that I command'. Bougainville however acting on the advice of the king and of the Vicomte de Chateaubriand writes that he has refused to take Lamiot on board his ship: Lamiot is ordered to return to Peking to attempt to administer the French mission there as best he can. He states: 'I would be all the more reprehensible in the eyes of the King of France if I granted M. Lamiot the passage he is asking for' since Lamiot is currently in a position to offer his services to the Emperor of China as a tutor for young mathematicians. The French mission was as much a scientific enterprise as it was an apostolic one. Contrary to the King of France's wishes however Father Lamiot would remain in Macao until his death in 1831. Bougainville signs the letter with his title: 'The Ship's Captain Commanding a Division of the naval forces of his Majesty the King of France in the seas of Asia. H. Baron de Bougainville'. While Bougainville's brief communiqué is undoubtedly a piece of official correspondence containing information of a diplomatically sensitive nature it is not clear for whom precisely it was intended; nor can we be absolutely certain whether it was carried by him back to France or delivered to an unknown party en route. Immediately after leaving Macao Bougainville's ships called at Da Nang where the French were treated civilly for several weeks in January-February 1825 but were refused an audience with the Emperor Minh Mạng. The expedition then visited Soerabaia Sydney Valparaíso and Rio de Janeiro before returning to France. unknown
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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
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
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6062821.8 x 28 cm view 35 x 54 cm page lithograph EXTREMELY RARE. View from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824 1825 et 1826"; pl. 31; REFERENCE: Borba de Moraes I p. 115; Sabin 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson 1204; cf. Hill p. 31; Numa Broc Oceanie 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego B50. Condition: with light foxing in margin and on verso. Soft cover. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1837. paperback
#[1751]Dordrecht De Leeuw & Krap 1793. 4to. Old marbled boards uncut. With engraved title-vignette engraved plate and 21 folding engraved maps by A. van Krevelt. XII370 pp. First Dutch edition published in 1772 first published in Paris in 1771 Voyage autour du monde. - First French circumnavigation of the world. Louis Antoine Bougainville 1729 - 1811 gives an account of the discovery occupation and natural history of the Falkland Islands which he handed over to Spain. He describes in detail the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay. He visited Rio de Janeiro Montevideo Patagonia Buenos Aires the Tuamotu Archipelago Tahiti the Samoa Islands the New Hebrides the Solomon Luisiada and New Britain archipelago and the Moluccas Batavia and Mauritius were visited before he sailed for home by way of the Cape of Good Hope and Ascension Island and arrived once again in France in 1769. He created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific and his work echoed Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble savage'. - Last p. foxed. Tiele 177; Cat. NHSM I p.137 French ed. only; Sabin 6872; Hill 163; Borba de Moraes I p.115; Howgego B142; Mendelssohn I p.161. hardcover
#[36706]Dordrecht Abraham Blussé en Zoon 1772. 4to. Contemporary half calf spine lettered in gilt sl. soiled. With engraved title-vignette engraved plate and 21 folding engraved maps by A. van Krevelt 1 repaired; mostly browned. XXVI 412 pp. First Dutch edition first published in Paris in 1771 Voyage autour du monde. - First French circumnavigation of the world. Louis Antoine Bougainville 1729 - 1811 gives an account of the discovery occupation and natural history of the Falkland Islands which he handed over to Spain. He describes in detail the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay. He visited Rio de Janeiro Montevideo Patagonia Buenos Aires the Tuamotu Archipelago Tahiti the Samoa Islands the New Hebrides the Solomon Luisiada and New Britain archipelago and the Moluccas Batavia and Mauritius were visited before he sailed for home by way of the Cape of Good Hope and Ascension Island and arrived once again in France in 1769. He created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific and his work echoed Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble savage'. - Small part of p. 141/142 missing with some loss of text. Tiele 177; Cat. NHSM I p.137 French ed. only; Sabin 6872; Hill 163; Borba de Moraes I p.115; Howgego B142. unknown
#[34638]London 2002. 8vo. Cloth with dust-jacket. With 11 maps and plates. LXXVII322 pp. Hakluyt Society 3rd series 9. - Although Bougainville published an account of his voyage in 1771 his original journal was published only in 1977; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in English translation. hardcover
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1771166666Paris: Saillant & Nyon 1771. A wealth of scientific and geographical detail about the Pacific Ocean First edition of this account of the first French circumnavigation. Bougainville travelled to the Falkland Islands in 1766 to formally deliver the French settlement to Spain continuing into the Pacific and around the world. The clandestine passenger Jeanne Baret disguised as a man became the first woman on record to have circumnavigated the globe. Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1729-1811 studied law but abandoned it to join the army as a musketeer in 1753 serving in the Seven Years War. He was later appointed commander of the frigate La Boudeuse and the transport L'Étoile setting sail in December 1766. He entered the Pacific in 1768 and landed on Tahiti claiming it for France unaware of the visit of Samuel Wallis nine months earlier. On Tahiti it was discovered that the botanist's valet was a woman Jeanne Baret who enlisted as Jean Baret. The ships continued due west through Samoa and the New Hebrides eventually making the first recorded European sighting of the Great Barrier Reef. Turning north 100 miles from the coast of Queensland he passed through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands proceeding thence to the Moluccas where the Dutch allowed him to refit. Bougainville carried on to Djakarta and Mauritius and then home to St Malo. He was in Buenos Aires when the order of the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived which he describes in detail. Bougainville's name is given to the largest member of the Solomon Islands and to the strait which divides it from the British Island of Choiseul. It is also applied to the strait between Mallicollo and Espiritu Santo Islands of the New Hebrides group as well as to the South American climbing plant Bougainvillea. The book is notable for the influential description of Tahiti which Bougainville christened New Cythera after the abode of Aphrodite. "It is difficult to overstate the importance of the discovery of Tahiti on the European imagination of the context of utopian projections seemingly becoming real. Tahiti rapidly permeated European mythology" Arthur p. 82. His description of Tahiti and other South Sea islands also includes a 300-word vocabulary. Bougainville's account of the Tahitians followed the lead of thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau who was "popularizing the idea of the natural man in Europe. Denis Diderot inspired by Bougainville drew upon Rousseu's ideal of a natural state of humanity in his Supplement au voyage de Bougainville a work that can be understood as a commentary on colonialism" ibid. p. 82. Quarto 250 x 185 mm. With 3 engraved plates of boats 20 maps and charts most of them folding woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated capitals. Contemporary French cat's paw calf tan morocco label spine gilt in compartments triple-ruled gilt panel to boards marbled endpapers and edges. 18th- or early 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque de Montmirail to title and last page. Skilful restoration to spine ends front joint and fore edge of rear board 100 mm closed tear to one fold of world map facing p. 18 loss to bottom corner of sig. Xxii not affecting text small nick to head of inner hinges of two gatherings. An excellent copy. Hill 163; Howgego I B142; Sabin 6864; Speake I p. 122-3. Paul Longley Arthur Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837 2011. hardcover
1771000180<p><strong>First edition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's account of his famous circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769. </strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Near contemp. green and brown morocco separated with gilt fillet; spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets; gilt titling on spine. Brown marbled endpapers. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; 4 ll. 417 3 pp. With 20 maps 17 fold-outs incl. the large world map and 3 engraved plates.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Brunet i 1167; Hill p.31; Sabin ii 6864</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Boards somewhat rubbed and bumped. Pages slightly yellowed with age occasional light mainly marginal spotting some maps slightly tanned.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> French Navy admiral and diplomat Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1729–1811 was commissioned by Louis XV in 1766 to circle the Earth in a voyage of exploration with the frigates La Boudeuse and L'Etoile. The purpose of this expedition was to explore the Pacific especially the Australian coast and New Guinea to examine the geographical and ecological conditions for economic benefit and to extend the influence of the French crown by seizing land. From an economic point of view the journey was not very successful but in Europe the description of Tahiti shaped the image of the island as a paradise where people seem to live free of constraints. Bouganville's travelogue became a bestseller that spread throughout Europe and the myth of the South Seas continues to inspire philosophers artists and writers to this day.</p> Saillant & Nyon hardcover
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1772219101772 Voyages of Louis Bougainville Pacific Ocean TAHITI Falkland Islands MAPS 2v SETLouis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French explorer who after serving in the American Revolution gained notoriety for his attempt to circumnavigate the world. This voyage became famous for being the first expedition to make records of the Falkland Islands and other islands near Papua New Guinea. The two-ship expedition which began in 1766 spent much time in Tahiti and Samoa gaining information on the local tribes and much of what we know now of these peoples is attributed to Bougainville and his expedition. Item number: #21910Price: $1500BOUGAINVILLE Louis Antoine deVoyage autour du monde par la freÌgate du Roi la Boudeuse et la FluÌ‚te l'EÌtoileA Paris: Chez Saillant & Nyon 1772. Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumeso Vol. I – 8 xliii 1 336o Vol. II – 4 453 3o 15 folding illustrations/maps • Language: French• Binding: Leather; tight and secure• Size: ~8in X 5in 20cm x 13cm• Very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $3000Our Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 21910Photos available upon request. Saillant & Nyon hardcover
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