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Lot 6809:
Description
This volume with 50 folio anthropology plates is Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D’Urville’s
Voyage au Pole Sud et dan l’Oceanie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zelee… The work was published in Paris by Gide et Cie between 1842 and 1847.
The volume is bound in modern green half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped spine titles and some gilt decoration on the spines. It includes 50 plates, 47 of which are lithographs on rolled China paper (with 24 of these from life masks) and 3 engravings. It includes original part title, two title pages, and table of contents (without the text volume).
Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D’Urville (1790-1842) was a French explorer and naval officer. For thirty-eight months he explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. Several seaweeds, plants, and shrubs are named after him, as well as D’Urville Island.
Dumont D’Urville proposed continued exploration in the Pacific in 1837 after the success of Weddell & Wilkes’s expeditions. His instructions were to explore the Antarctic and claim the South magnetic pole. They were blocked by ice in 1838 and discovered Adelie land on their second attempt in 1840. Dumont D’Urville’s expeditions reached Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Guam, Fiji, New Guinea, Borneo, New Zealand, and Tasmania.
Paper Size: ~ 13 1/4" by 20 3/4"
Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with 50 Anthropology Plates
Condition report:
The work is in good to excellent condition overall. The paper from this work may exhibit some faint toning or fox marks. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.
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