voyage autour du monde de bougainville, Edition originale (14 résultats)

Bon Etat intérieur propre. in8. 1958. reliure pleine toile sous rhodoid. 377 pages. Bon état.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Etat : Muy bien. 1ª Edición. Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781 1846) Album pittoresque de la fregate la Thetis et de la Corvette l'Esperance. Collection de dessins relatifs a leur voyage autour du monde en 1824, 1825 et 1826. Paris: Bulla, 1828. Atlas tamaño folio (33 x 47,5 cm) con bella encuadernación de época a plena piel y letras en dorado. Portada y 44 páginas de texto con 8 viñetas (incluida la de la portada) + 34 litografías en b/n. Siete de estas son viñetas intercaladas en el texto que corresponden a las planchas números 5, 12, 19, 25, 29, 33 y 35. Completo con todas sus láminas y viñetas. Bougainville se embarcó en la fragata Thetis para dirigir personalmente una expedición alrededor del mundo desde marzo de 1824 hasta junio de 1826. Las planchas ofrecen panorámicas del extremo oriente (Conchinchina en aquella época), Australia, Filipinas, Singapur, Java, Chile en la costa del Pacifico (Vista de Valparaíso y del Puente del Inca en el paso de la cordillera, Argentina (Plaza Pública de Mendoza y La Pampa) y Brasil en la costa Atlántica (vistas de la Cascada del Tijuca y Río de Janeiro). Todas las Litografías traen un sello de agua con las iniciales de E B que corresponden al artista Edmond Bigot.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. First. First edition. Paris: Le Breton for Saillant & Nyon, 1771. Quarto (9 3/16" x 7 7/8", 250mm x 189mm). [Full collation available.] With 23 engravings: 20 maps, of which 19 are folding, and 3 plates. Bound in contemporary speckled calf (re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down) with a gilt roll border. On the spine, five raised bands. Title gilt to red morocco in the second panel. Gilt roll to the edges of the boards. Marbled end-papers. All edges of the text-block glazed yellow. Re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down. Corners strengthened. Wear at the lower-edge. Small passages of foxing, with a moderate tanning to the edge of the first folding map. An altogether fresh example. The author's name ("de Bougainville") manuscript to the title-page. Armorial bookplate of James Smith to the front paste-down, with his ownership signature ("James Smith/ Jordanhill") in ink to the verso of the title-leaf. Bookplate of Ted Benttinen laid in at the front. Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) led the first French circumnavigation. A gifted mathematician (he published a treatise on calculus), he was consequently a gifted navigator who rose through the ranks of the French army in the course of the Seven Years' War. After helping to negotiate the Treaty of Paris, Bougainville was granted permission by Louis XV to circle the globe. His well-funded expedition beginning in late 1766 was staffed with natural scientists; Philibert Commerçon, the naturalist who named the bougainvillea, brought his mistress disguised as his valet, making Jean(ne) Baret the first woman circumnavigator. Of particular note is Bougainville's exploration of Tahiti, which by the mid-XIXc would become a protectorate as part of the larger French Polynesia. His account ends with a 14-page vocabulary of Tahitian. The "unspoiled" land and people informed Rousseau's notion of the "noble savage," and cemented the South Pacific in the French world-view as a place of exotic luxury. Bougainville would go on to fight with the Americans in the Revolutionary War, and was ennobled by Napoleon in 1808. James Smith of Jordanhill (1782-1867) was born into a Scottish mercantile family that had become wealthy from trade with the Caribbean; the house gives its name to the neighborhood in western Glasgow that was once its vast estate. A keen sailor, he published on the history of seafaring, whence, likely, his interest in Bougainville's exceptional navigational abilities. The volume eventually entered the collection of Theodore "Ted" Benttinen (1948-2023), an MIT-educated oceanographer and explorer who went to both poles on research missions. Benttinen amassed a formidable collection of books of exploration, particularly strong in Pacific voyages as well as in polar accounts. The present volume was lot 38 in the Sotheby's New York 9 December 2024 sale of his library. Hill, Pacific Voyages 163; Sabin 6864.

3 vol. in-8° (205 x 130 mm) de : I. [4] ff. (faux-titre, titre, épître) ; XLIII (discours préliminaire) ; 336 pp. ; II. [2] ff. (faux-titre, titre) ; 453 pp. ; [3] pp. (approbation, privilège, avis au relieur) ; III. [1] f. (faux titre) ; XVI (avertissement) ; 362 pp. ; [3] pp. (approbation, privilège) ; 3 planches et 21 cartes dépliantes (numérotées de 1 à 20, la 16 étant en deux parties). (Quelques tâches). Plein veau marbré d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. (Reliures très usées avec manques). Première édition in-octavo (suivant l'in-quarto de 1771) du récit du célèbre navigateur Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), premier Français à avoir effectué une circumnavigation. Suivie de l'édition originale en français du premier périple de James Cook autour du monde. Navigateur, mathématicien et soldat français, Bougainville a largement contribué aux progrès de la science et de la géographie du XVIIIe siècle en localisant avec précision quelques îles et archipels et en effectuant le relevé topographique d'une partie des îles Salomon. Grâce à ses précisions, on a pu donner à la carte du Pacifique des mesures exactes. Le récit de voyage de Bougainville a jeté les assises des futures explorations françaises dans le Pacifique ; il est par ailleurs, à l'origine de la légende de Tahiti, île paradisiaque des mers du Sud. Mais Bougainville est peut-être avant tout un philosophe. C'est en tout cas ainsi que le décrit Diderot qui admire en lui toutes les qualités prisées alors par les grands esprits de ce siècle des Lumières en pleine expansion. Bougainville est en quelque sorte l'enfant chéri des encyclopédistes et lorsqu'il quitte la France en 1766 pour son célèbre tour du monde, il va innover dans la manière de concevoir l'exploration. Il est en effet le premier dans l'histoire des grands voyages maritimes à emmener avec lui trois véritables savants : le naturaliste Commerson (ami de Jussieu et disciple de Buffon), l'astronome Véron, qui améliorera la méthode de calcul des longitudes, et le cartographe Romainville. Le tour du monde de Bougainville est resté célèbre, moins pour ses découvertes scientifiques que pour des raisons parallèles qui en font peut-être et avant tout, ce que l'on pourrait appeler un « voyage littéraire ». Le présent récit des aventures de "La Boudeuse" et de "L'Etoile" publié par Bougainville quelques années après son retour connaît un succès considérable, qui se poursuit d'ailleurs encore de nos jours : on trouve toujours en librairie son "Voyage autour du monde" et Bougainville est incontestablement un écrivain même s'il est celui d'un seul livre. Le troisième volume de cet ouvrage est constitué de la traduction, par La Touche de Treville, de la relation de la première expédition du célèbre capitaine Cook autour du monde, autre figure majeure des explorations maritimes de la seconde moitié du 18ème siècle. Il s'agit d'une édition pirate, parue deux ans avant la première édition officielle française en quatre volumes (1774). Le texte est accompagné d'un « Vocabulaire de l'île de Tahiti » et d'observations linguistiques de Pereire sur un locuteur tahitien. Les deux premiers volumes sont illustrés de 21 cartes marines dont 16 dépliantes et de 3 planches gravées. 3 vol. 8vo (205 x 130 mm) of : I. [4] ff. (faux-titre, title, epistle) ; XLIII (preliminary speech) ; 336 pp. ; II. [2] ff. (false title, title) ; 453 pp. ; [3] pp. (approval, privilege, notice to bookbinder) ; III. [1] f. (false title) ; XVI (warning) ; 362 pp. ; [3] pp. (approval, privilege) ; 3 plates and 21 folding maps (numbered from 1 to 20, 16 being in two parts). (Some spotting). Contemporary full marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, red edges, marbled paper end-papers (Bindings very worn and missing). First in-octavo edition (following the in-quarto of 1771) of the account by the famous navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), the first Frenchman to complete a circumnavigation. Followed by the original French edition of James Cook's first voyage around the world. A French navigator, mathematician and soldier, Bougainville made a major contribution to the progress of 18th-century science and geography, accurately locating several islands and archipelagos and surveying part of the Solomon Islands. Thanks to his precision, the map of the Pacific was able to be accurately measured. Bougainville's account of his voyage laid the foundations for future French explorations in the Pacific, and is also the source of the legend of Tahiti, the paradise island of the South Seas. But Bougainville was perhaps above all a philosopher. At least, that's how Diderot describes him, admiring in him all the qualities prized by the great minds of the burgeoning Age of Enlightenment. Bougainville was, in a way, the encyclopedists' favourite child, and when he left France in 1766 for his famous round-the-world voyage, he broke new ground in the way he conceived exploration. In fact, he was the first person in the history of great maritime voyages to take three genuine scientists with him: the naturalist Commerson (a friend of Jussieu and disciple of Buffon), the astronomer Véron, who improved the method of calculating longitudes, and the cartographer Romainville. Bougainville's circumnavigation of the globe has remained famous not so much for its scientific discoveries as for parallel reasons, making it perhaps above all what might be called a "literary voyage". The present account of the adventures of "La Boudeuse" and "L'Etoile", published by Bougainville a few years after his return, met with considerable success, which continues to this day: his "Voyage autour du monde" is still available in bookshops, and Bougainville is undeniably a writer, even if he is the author of a single book. The third volume of this work is La Touche de Treville's translation of the report of the first expedition of the famous Captain Cook aroun.

Couverture rigide. - Chez Saillant & Nyon, Paris 1771, in-4 (19x26cm), (6 p.) 417 pp. (3 p.), relié. - Edition originale illustrée de 18 cartes et 5 planches dépliantes. Reliure de l'époque en plein veau blond, dos à cinq nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, doubles filets à froid en encadrement des plats, gardes et contreplats de papier à la colle, toutes tranches rouges. Coiffes, coins et mors restaurés. Ors du dos passés. Une déchirure habilement restaurée à la première carte dépliante, quelques restaurations marginales sur la carte intitulée "Troisième division - Archipel des navigateurs". La cartes des Îles Malouines a été très discrètement et finement doublée en marge extérieure ainsi que celle du détroit de Magellan. La carte du détroit de Bouton, présente une petite déchirure marginale sans manque et une seconde réparée au verso à l'aide d'une bande de papier. Bougainville réalisa la première expédition scientifique française autour du monde. Il partit de Nantes en novembre 1766 et navigua jusqu'aux îles Malouines (Falklands), fit escale à Buenos-Aires puis traversa le détroit de Magellan et le Pacifique jusqu'aux Indes. L'expédition visita les Îles Samoa, Tahiti, les Nouvelles-Hébrides. Vocabulaire de 300 mots du langage polynésien (Tahiti) in-fine. "Il relacha d'abord au Paraguay, dans le principal établissement des Portugais, et il en fait une description attachante sous les rapports physiques et commerciaux. Les détails qu'il donne sur les îles Malouines et sur le Brésil sont également instructifs. Le lecteur est agréablement surpris de trouver [.] le délicieux tableau de l'île de Tahiti. En s'éloignant de cette île fortunée, le voyageur visita plusieurs autres îles [.] Il relacha à la Nouvelle-Bretagne, pénétra enfin dans la mer des Indes, visita les principales îles, telles que Célèbes, Java, Moluques." Bibliothèque universelle des voyages, Boucher de la Richarderie. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Chez Saillant & Nyon, Paris 1771, in-4 (19x26cm), (6 p.) 417 pp. (3 p.), contemporary calf. First edition, with 18 engraved maps et 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary tan calf, skillfully restored tear to the first folding map, some marginal restorations to the map "Troisième division - Archipel des navigateurs". Falkland Islands map expertly rebacked on the outer margin as well as the Magellan Strait map. Map of the Buton Strait with a small marginal tear and a second restored with a strip of paper. Bougainville undertook the first official French circumnavigation and scientific expedition. Starting from Nantes in November 1766, he sailed to the Falklands, made a stopover in Buenos Aires and then crossed the Magellan Strait and the Pacific through the East Indies. The expedition visited the Samoan Islands, Tahiti, the New Hebrides. 300-word glossary of Polynesian language (Tahiti) in-fine. "He first went to Paraguay, to the main Portuguese settlement, and gives engaging geographical and commercial descriptions. Details on the Falkland Islands and on Brazil are also instructive. The reader is pleasantly surprised to find [.] the delicious picture of the island of Tahiti. Sailing away from this blessed island, the traveler visited several other islands [.] He stopped over in New Britain, finally entered the Indian Sea, visited the main islands, such as Celebes, Java, Moluccas." Boucher de la Richarderie, Bibliothèque universelle des voyages. (6 p.) 417 pp. (3 p.).

Hardcover. Etat : Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. First edition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's account of his famous circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769. ¶ Description: Near contemp. green and brown morocco, separated with gilt fillet; spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets; gilt titling on spine. Brown marbled endpapers. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; [4] ll., 417, [3] pp. With 20 maps (17 fold-outs, incl. the large world map) and 3 engraved plates. ¶ Ref.: Brunet i, 1167; Hill p.31; Sabin ii, 6864 ¶ Condition: Boards somewhat rubbed and bumped. Pages slightly yellowed with age, occasional light mainly marginal spotting, some maps slightly tanned. ¶ Notes: French Navy admiral and diplomat Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) was commissioned by Louis XV in 1766 to circle the Earth in a voyage of exploration with the frigates La Boudeuse and L'Etoile. The purpose of this expedition was to explore the Pacific, especially the Australian coast and New Guinea, to examine the geographical and ecological conditions for economic benefit and to extend the influence of the French crown by seizing land. From an economic point of view, the journey was not very successful, but in Europe, the description of Tahiti shaped the image of the island as a paradise where people seem to live free of constraints. Bouganville's travelogue became a bestseller that spread throughout Europe and the myth of the South Seas continues to inspire philosophers, artists and writers to this day. ¶.

hardcover. Etat : good. First. Complete with 20 folding maps and 3 plates. [8], 417, [3]pp. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red leather spine label, spine rubbed with light wear on spine ends, edges of corners worn and bumped, maps and text slightly wavy throughout, light browning to margins of half-title page, last 3 leaves with some light dampstaining to some margins. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First Edition Internally a clean, bright and tight copy. Narrative of Bougainville's voyage to South America, across the Pacific Ocean, through the East Indies, on onward to France. This voyage was the first French circumnavigation around the world. The success of this voyage caused increased French interest in the islands of South Pacific. Bougainville was sent from France to colonize the Falkland Islands. The first part of this work describes the Falkland Islands, including its natural history and the French colony there, and the author's visits to Montevideo, Paraguay, and Rio de Janeiro. Bougainville sailed through the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific to Tahiti. There are several chapters on his visit to Tahiti. Also included is a list of Tahitian vocabulary. He then sailed to the East Indies where he extensively describes his visits to the Moluccas, Borneo, and Batavia. "The largest island in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific bear his (Bougainville's) name, and the tropical flowering vine called bougainvillea was also named for him." Hill 163. Borba de Moraes, p. 115. Sabin 6864. Cox I, p. 55. Du Rietz 117. O'Reilly & Reitman 283.

4to., (10 x 7 4/8 inches). Half-title. Fine folding engraved charts of the Pacific showing Bougainville's tracks, 17 folding charts, 2 full-page charts, and 3 plates. Contemporary half tan calf, marbled paper boards, gilt (scuffed at the extremities, hinges very weak). Provenance: with the near contemporary ownership inscription of W. Grant on the front free endpaper. First edition of the first official French circumnavigation of the globe. Bougainville "had been aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm in Canada, and he acted for the French at their surrender to the British at Montreal in 1760. Bougainville attempted to colonize the Ilse Malouines in 1762-1764, seeing their strategic advantage in commanding the route to the Pacific around South America. Diplomatic negotiations in Paris later forced Bougainville to cede the islands (known as Islas Malvinas to the Spanish and the Falkland Islands to the English) to Spain. A chapter of the present work is devoted to the natural history of these contested islands. "During this voyage, Bougainville visited Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Patagonia in South America; he was also in Buenos Aires when the order for the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived, which he describes in detail. He then proceeded through the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific, visiting the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti, the Samoa Islands, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon, Louisiade, and New Britian archipelagoes. [Bougainville] created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific, which resulted in the voyages of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and Jean Francois de la Perouse. The largest island in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific bear his name, and the tropical flowering vine called Bougainvillea was also named for him. Bougainville later took part in the American Revolution, survived the French Revolution, and was made a senator and count of the Empire of Napoleon I." (Hill cf 163). Hill 163; Sabin 6864. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

6 parts in one volume. Folio (21 x 13 6/8 inches). Half-title, engraved vignette title-page (some occasionally heavy spotting throughout). 28 uncoloured numbered lithographic plates blind-stamped "FB" in the lower margin, and 7 vignettes, one blind-stamped "FB". Contemporary French half calf, marbled paper boards (extremities worn with minor loss). Provenance: with the small library label of Jose Maria Rodriguez, Bibliotheca Chizigonana, on the front paste-down. First edition. "This fine series of views was issued separately nine years before the official account. was published" (Hill). Including views of Singapore, the Philippines, the Bourbon Islands in the Pacific, Australia, Brazil and Argentina. Hyacinthe was the son of the famous French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) who had circumnavigated the world in 1766-1779. He set sail from France in 1824 in command of the ships Thetis and L'Esperance on a diplomatic mission to Reunion, Cochin-China, Pondicherry in the Indian Ocean, Manila and Macao. Hyancinthe's return journey across the Pacific retraced his father's circumnavigation via Port Jackson and Rio de Janero. Borba de Moraes I, 115; Brunet I, 1167; Hill 161; Sabin 6874. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

First edition of this account of the first French circumnavigation. Bougainville travelled to the Falkland Islands in 1766 to formally deliver the French settlement to Spain, continuing into the Pacific and around the world. The clandestine passenger Jeanne Baret, disguised as a man, became the first woman on record to have circumnavigated the globe. Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) studied law but abandoned it to join the army as a musketeer in 1753, serving in the Seven Years War. He was later appointed commander of the frigate La Boudeuse and the transport L'Étoile, setting sail in December 1766. He entered the Pacific in 1768 and landed on Tahiti, claiming it for France, unaware of the visit of Samuel Wallis nine months earlier. On Tahiti, it was discovered that the botanist's valet was a woman, Jeanne Baret, who enlisted as Jean Baret. The ships continued due west through Samoa and the New Hebrides, eventually making the first recorded European sighting of the Great Barrier Reef. Turning north 100 miles from the coast of Queensland, he passed through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands, proceeding thence to the Moluccas where the Dutch allowed him to refit. Bougainville carried on to Djakarta and Mauritius and then home to St Malo. He was in Buenos Aires when the order of the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived, which he describes in detail. Bougainville's name is given to the largest member of the Solomon Islands and to the strait which divides it from the British Island of Choiseul. It is also applied to the strait between Mallicollo and Espiritu Santo Islands of the New Hebrides group, as well as to the South American climbing plant Bougainvillea. The book is notable for the influential description of Tahiti, which Bougainville christened New Cythera after the abode of Aphrodite. "It is difficult to overstate the importance of the discovery of Tahiti on the European imagination of the context of utopian projections seemingly becoming real. Tahiti rapidly permeated European mythology" (Arthur, p. 82). His description of Tahiti and other South Sea islands also includes a 300-word vocabulary. Bougainville's account of the Tahitians followed the lead of thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who was "popularizing the idea of the natural man in Europe. Denis Diderot, inspired by Bougainville, drew upon Rousseu's ideal of a natural state of humanity in his Supplement au voyage de Bougainville, a work that can be understood as a commentary on colonialism" (ibid. p. 82). Hill 163; Howgego I, B142; Sabin 6864; Speake I, p. 122-3. Paul Longley Arthur, Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837, 2011. Quarto (250 x 185 mm). With 3 engraved plates of boats, 20 maps and charts, most of them folding, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated capitals. Contemporary French cat's paw calf, tan morocco label, spine gilt in compartments, triple-ruled gilt panel to boards, marbled endpapers and edges. 18th- or early 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque de Montmirail to title and last page. Skilful restoration to spine ends, front joint, and fore edge of rear board, 100 mm closed tear to one fold of world map (facing p. 18), loss to bottom corner of sig. Xxii, not affecting text, small nick to head of inner hinges of two gatherings. An excellent copy.

*: Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, 1771, in-4°, 26 x 19 cm, (10) + 417 + (3) pp + 19 folding maps on 20 plates & 3 full page engravings, ( complete). Bound in contemporary full mottled calf,triple fillet on both covers, raised back with gilt compartments, marbled endpapers & edges, apart from a tiny marginal wormhole and a small restoration at the top turn-in, a very nice and crisp copy. First edition of the circumnavigation by Bougainville. It contains also the first dictionary French-Tahiti. (Sabin 6863, Chadenat 1557).

Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. 4to. Near contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Very light wear along edges. Stamps on title-page. (8, incl. htitle),417,(1) pp., 20 engraved maps and charts (numb. 1-19 + 16 bis) of which 18 are folded, including the large world map. 2 engraved plates (numb. 1-2). Internally clean and fine, a few leaves with marginal brownspots. First edition of this famous circumnavigation, being the first voyage around the world with professional naturalists and geographers onboard. Bougainville was the first Frenchman to sail around the world. In 1771, Bougainville published his travel log from the expedition under the title "Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile". The book describes the geography, biology and anthropology of Argentina (then a Spanish colony), Patagonia, Tahiti and Indonesia (then a Dutch colony). The book was a sensation, especially the description of Tahitian society. Bougainville described it as an earthly paradise where men and women lived in blissful innocence, far from the corruption of civilisation.Bougainville's descriptions powerfully expressed the concept of the noble savage, influencing the utopian thoughts of philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau before the advent of the French Revolution. Denis Diderot's book Supplément au voyage de Bougainville retells the story of Bougainville's landing on Tahiti, narrated by an anonymous reader to one of his friends. Diderot used his fictional approach, including a description of the Tahitians as noble savages, to criticise Western ways of living and thinking.Sabin, 6864.

"4to., (260 x 209 mm). Une belle planche panoramique depliante, 5 planches depliantes finement gravees (toute petite dechirure seulement dans la marge de deux des cartes). Reliure d'epoque demi-veau, tranches marbrees (restauration experte du dos, en accord avec le style et en preservant le maroquin rouge de la piece de titre d'origine). Provenance: ex-libris grave d'epoque, de Charles St. Clair, 13e Seigneur Sinclair (1768-1863) sur la doublure de la tranche de tete. La premiere circumnavigation Francaise oficielle. Premiere edition anglaise et un exemplaire EXCEPTIONELLEMENT BEAU ET VIF. Publie pour la premiere fois a Paris en 1771. Bougainville "avait ete l'aide-de-camp du Marquis de Montcalm au Canada, et il representa les Francais lorsqu'ils se rendirent aux Anglais a Montreal en 1760. Comprenant l'importance strategique des Iles Malouines pour controler la route du Pacifique par l'Amerique du Sud Bougainville entrepris de les coloniser entre 1762 et 1764. Plus tard, les negotiations diplomatiques a Paris forcerent Bougainville a ceder les Isles (connues en Espagnol sous le nom de Islas Malvinas, Falkland Islands en Anglais) a l'Espagne. Un chapitre de l'ouvrage est d'ailleurs consacre a l'histoire naturelles de ces isles disputees. Au cours de son voyage, Bougainville passa par Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, et Patagonia en Amerique du Sud; il alla aussi a Buenos Aires, au moment ou l'ordre fut donne d'expulser les Jesuites du Paraguay, ce qu'il decrit en detail. Il passa ensuite par le Detroit de Magellan et traversa l'ocean Pacifique, passant par l'Archipele de Tuamotu, Tahiti, les Isles Samoa, les Nouvelles Hebrides, et les Archipeles de Salomon, Louisiade, et New Britian.[Bougainville] contribua enormement a eveiller l'interet des Francais pour l'ocean Pacifique, ce qui se manifesta bientôt par les voyages de Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne et de Jean Francois de la Perouse. Plusieurs des plus grandes Iles Salomon et deux detroits dans l'ocean Pacifique portent son nom, ainsi que la plante grimpante tropicale appreciee fleurs - le bouguainvillier. Plus tard, Bougainville participa a la Revolution Americaine, survecu a la Revolution Francaise et fut nomme senateur et comte de l'Empire de Napoleon 1er." (Hill cf 163). Hill 165; Sabin 6869. Olivia Ramle at Arader Galleries".

4to., (9 6/8 x 7 6/8 inches). Half -title (occasional minor spotting). Large engraved folding map of the voyage of the La Boudeuse and L'Etoile (short tears at folds) and 17 other fine folding engraved maps and charts, 5 engraved plates, wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary tree calf (lightly rubbed, spine darkened, upper joint cracking, headcap a little worn). Provenance: Engraved armorial book plate of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (1765 - 1852), politicion; and by descent to Richard Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (1935-2008). First edition, and an ATTRACTIVE COPY, from the library of George Talbot Rice, son of George Rice (1724?-1779), ministerial spokesman on America, who: "in 1764. masterminded the passage of the American Currency Act" (DNB). Bougainville "had been aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm in Canada, and he acted for the French at their surrender to the British at Montreal in 1760. Bougainville attempted to colonize the Ilse Malouines in 1762-1764, seeing their strategic advantage in commanding the route to the Pacific around South America. Diplomatic negotiations in Paris later forced Bougainville to cede the islands (known as Islas Malvinas to the Spanish and the Falkland Islands to the English) to Spain. A chapter of the present work is devoted to the natural history of these contested islands. During this voyage, Bougainville visited Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Patagonia in South America; he was also in Buenos Aires when the order for the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived, which he describes in detail. He then proceeded through the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific, visiting the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti, the Samoa Islands, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon, Louisiade, and New Britain archipelagoes.[Bougainville] created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific, which resulted in the voyages of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and Jean Francois de la Perouse. The largest island in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific bear his name, and the tropical flowering vine called bougainvillea was also named for him. Bougainville later took part in the American Revolution, survived the French Revolution, and was made a senator and count of the Empire of Napoleon I." (Hill 163). Sabin 6864. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.