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Lewis de Bougainville 'A Voyage Round the World'
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,200
Sold
$800
Timed Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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Lewis de Bougainville
A Voyage Round the World
Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.
In the Frigate La Boudeufe and the Store-Ship L’Etoile. Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster. London: J. Nourse and T, Davies 1772. xxviii, 476p, 3 [of 5] fldg charts and 1 fldg plate. Contents clean and VG. Bound in 19th century half leather, marbled boards, title label to spine, edge wear and leather at front hinge cracking, cords are holding.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
A Voyage Round the World
Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.
In the Frigate La Boudeufe and the Store-Ship L’Etoile. Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster. London: J. Nourse and T, Davies 1772. xxviii, 476p, 3 [of 5] fldg charts and 1 fldg plate. Contents clean and VG. Bound in 19th century half leather, marbled boards, title label to spine, edge wear and leather at front hinge cracking, cords are holding.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
