1840 · 22174 — 1840 Bruxelles, Société Typographique Belge, Ad. Wahlen et Compagnie, 1840,Brussels, Societe Typographique, 1840.fort IN8; 570p.,reliure pleine toile à coins posterieure, texte à 2 colonnes ,numeration des planches en desordre?;60 sujets en lithographie en noir,traces de mouillure en coin de quelques feuillets .Large octavo, with a portrait frontispiece & 60 lithographic illustrations, The popular account of Louis de Freycinet's circumnavigation in the Uranie from the pen of the official artist on the voyage. The voyage touched on the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Ile de France & Bourbon, Timor, Indonesia, the Marianas & Caroline Islands, Hawaii (13 chapters), Australia (8 chapters), and the Malouines. The plates, taken from drawings by Arago on the voyage, are largely portraits of aborigines encountered around the world, and there is extensive reference to the comparative customs of the peoples. Despite the fact that six editions are recorded in Ferguson, this one is not.(although a four-volume version of the same year is Ferguson 2906). Ferguson, 2906b; Forbes, 'Hawaiian National Bibliography', 1191.
