273

Bougainville, Lewis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:3,375.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Bougainville, Lewis de.  A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
Bougainville, Lewis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD….. IN THE YEARS 1766 …… 1769. London: J. Nourse 1772 4to. xxviii,476pp Five folding maps, folding plate. Very old (contemporary?) full calf boards, rebacked, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Boards very worn but restored, else a nice, clean copy, with plate of William Philip, Earl of Lefton.

Hill I, p.32 The first english edition translated by John and Georg Forster the year after the first French edition