Lot no. 93
(1807). FREYCINET - PERON (François). VOYAGE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES exécuté sur les Corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste et la Schooner le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, publié par décret impérial, rédigé par M.F. Péron.
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1807-1816.
2 volumes in-4° of [6]-15-[1]-496-[2] and 31-471 pages, seeded calf, gilt lace on covers, smooth spine decorated (Serre).
First edition decorated with a portrait of François Péron, drawn 15 days before his death by Lesueur. 2 folding tables in the second volume. Without the atlas. 2 corners dulled, some foxing and foxed pages. The copy is finely bound by Serre, a Parisian bookbinder established under the Restoration. (Fétis, 161).
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