Australie: Voyage Autour du Monde / par le Comte de Beauvoir
E. Plon, Nourrit, 1874. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L023091
iv,363,[1]pp+p Text in French. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over dark red/black marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spine, gray marbled endpapers, edges flecked red/brown. Spine title: Voyage: Australie. The first volume of 'Voyage au Tour du Monde', originally published in 1869 (see NUC, volume 41, page 696). Notable for the 2 large folding maps, and for the photogravure illustrations by Deschamps. NUC Supplement, volume 696, page 269 (locates the one copy of this edition at the University of Chicago. Spine sunned, rubbing to the spine edges, and edges of the boards; short tear to one map, slight internal browning/foxing, else a Very Good copy12 photogravures/2 fold maps.
Price: $45.00