Author: DUNMORE, JOHN; Editor.
Title: Fragmens Du Dernier Voyage De La Perouse and Fragments from the Last Voyage of La Perouse. Two Volumes.
Description: Limited Facsimile & Translation; Med. 8vo; pp. iv, 58; iix, 50; portrait frontispiece; one fold-out map; notes; original stiff illustrated wrappers; illustrated slipcase, fine copies. Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1987. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Facsimile edition of the fictional account of a sailor's experiences aboard the French exploratory ship Astrolabe woven together with an excellent knowledge of historical exploration. Volume one is a photographic reproduction of the 1797 edition and volume two contains translation and commentary including a folding map.
Keywords: maritime France discovery and exploration maritime history literature fiction Pacific Peyrouse
Title: Fragmens Du Dernier Voyage De La Perouse and Fragments from the Last Voyage of La Perouse. Two Volumes.
Description: Limited Facsimile & Translation; Med. 8vo; pp. iv, 58; iix, 50; portrait frontispiece; one fold-out map; notes; original stiff illustrated wrappers; illustrated slipcase, fine copies. Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1987. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Facsimile edition of the fictional account of a sailor's experiences aboard the French exploratory ship Astrolabe woven together with an excellent knowledge of historical exploration. Volume one is a photographic reproduction of the 1797 edition and volume two contains translation and commentary including a folding map.
Keywords: maritime France discovery and exploration maritime history literature fiction Pacific Peyrouse
Price: AUD 100.00 = appr. US$ 69.19 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 121709
- Book number: 121709