EVANS (George William). Voyage à la Terre de Van Diemen, ou Description historique, géographique et topographique de cette île. Paris, Gide fils, 1823. In-8, long-grained red half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, untrimmed (Period binding). First French edition of this description of the island of Tasmania, a British colony known before 1856 as Van Diemen's Land. It is decorated with a folding view of Hobart-Town lithographed by Engelmann and a large map of the island partially watercoloured and folded. A fine untrimmed copy with wide margins. Minor foxing. Ferguson, n°903.