Lot 178
Dumont d'Urville, J S C
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee [etc].
Paris: Gide et Cie, [1842-1847]. Pages 545mm. 4 maps (col, 2 fold), 59 plates. 1688. Rebound in half green leather, green cloth boards. Spine gilt decorations. Spine title: 'Voyage au Pole Sud. Atlas, Geologie et Anthropologie.' Later marbled EPs. Wear to spine and boards, small losses. Includes the 4 maps and 9 plates of the Geologie atlas, and the 50 plates of the Anthropologie atlas. 1 TP only, no prelims. Maps SLF. Most plates with tissue guards. Plates and guards FX and some soiling. Plates 13 & 14 depict head and shoulders casts of Maori. Plate 14 considerable FX. Very scarce. G.
Realised: $3,200 March 2011

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