Travel

FIRST FRENCH CIRCUMNAVIGATION. Quarto (250 x 190 mm.), later quarter calf, speckled paper boards, rebacked preserving original spine with raised bands and very ornate gilt floral decoration to compartments, red calf gilt title label affixed. With half title, title with vignette, pp. (8), 417, (3), with 20 folding maps, 3 plates (2 folding), woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated capitals, in very good condition.

FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC VOYAGE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Three volumes and Appendix (to Volume II), octavo (235 x 150 mm.), contemporary blue cloth neatly recased with some excellent repair to spines, blind panelled boards with central ornate blind feature to each, spines blind ruled with gilt titles. Each volume with half and full typographic titles, pp. xxviii [iv] 1-559, 556-597 with 16 plates and 3 maps (2 loose in pocket); xiv, (2), 694 [2] with 25 plates and 2 maps loose in pocket; xiv, 629, [609]-615 with 2 maps; Appendix viii, 352 with 6 plates and 2 maps loose in pocket; with 47 plates and 9 folding maps (6 loose) in total, the ribbons for extracting the charts still present in each case, volume 1 fold support to both loose maps, volume 2 fold support to Tierra del Fuego, volume 3 repair to binding tear and fold support, track chart in the appendix with fold support, bound with publishers adverts at the end of volume 3 which are often lacking and a loose advert for the work, otherwise in good condition.

First Latin edition. Folio (345 x 235 mm.), eighteenth century full speckled calf, double blind ruled panel, expertly rebacked, spine with gilded raised bands, ornate gilt compartments and title. Three parts in one, engraved title, 17 double-page engraved maps, 5 engraved illustrations in the text, ll. (4), 83, 9, 11, small tear to front free endpaper repaired, otherwise in very good condition.

SUBSCRIBERS COPY. Quarto (250 x 205 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt panelled boards, rebacked with blind ruled raised bands, red calf gilt title label affixed, light wear, particularly to the top and bottom of the spine, later endpapers. Typographic title, pp. (34), 417, (2), with 42 fine copperplate engravings (14 maps and 28 engravings, 38 folding and 3 large folding maps), including the 12 page list of subscribers not always present, page 319 is incorrectly designated as page 219, including the 2-page directions to the binder, often lacking, folding map of southern South America with binders tear repaired along with 2 other minor ones, one or two plates with browned margins, otherwise in good condition.

THE FIRST COLLECTION OF VOYAGES DEVOTED TO THE PACIFIC. Two volumes (260 x 205 mm.), full contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and double gilt lined compartments, gilt calf title labels, spines with some wear. With typographic title pages, pp. (2), xiv, 463 (and pp. 437*-50*, pagination repeated); (2), 513, (1), followed by seven folding maps, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lacking errata sometimes found, some faint spotting and browning as usual, otherwise in good condition.

A CLASSIC PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. 400 x 310 mm., cut close as usual with no loss of engraved surface, laid on later paper, otherwise in good condition.