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L'Astrolabe faisant de l'eau sur un glaçon, 6 Février 1838.
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Figuier Gigantesque a Nouka-Hiva (Baie Anna Maria.) Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie. Atlas Pittoresque Pl.53.
Dessiné par L.Le Breton. Lith.é par De La Plante.
Gide Editeur. Lith. de Thierry frères à Paris. [n.d. c.1846.]
Lithograph and etching. 305 x 387mm. 12 x 15¼". Some spotting.
A giant fig tree in Nuka Hiva, French Polynesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 2994241. Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18856] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par L.Le Breton. Lith.é par De La Plante.
Gide Editeur. Lith. de Thierry frères à Paris. [n.d. c.1846.]
Lithograph and etching. 305 x 387mm. 12 x 15¼". Some spotting.
A giant fig tree in Nuka Hiva, French Polynesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 2994241. Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18856] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)