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Lot 627

DE LA PÉROUSE, J. F. G.: 'A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD'

volumes 1-2, printed by A. Hamilton for G. G. & J. Robinson et al, London 1799, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound with red and green leather half titles, and with Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates; together with a separately bound companion volume titled to spine 'Plates to La Pérouse's Voyage' published by G. G. & J. Robinson, London 1798, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, brown leather half title and Bridehead bookplate,

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Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer price: £700
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

the text containing numbered plates and charts (3)

The two volumes are clean to the text with minor spotting in places. There are no apparent illustrations or plates to the text. The binding is cracked to hinges and slightly damaged to half titles. Generally worn commensurate with age and use.

The Folio atlas is complete, with all 69 plates present.

The binding is in very poor condition with a warped and damaged front cover, crack to hinge and generally suffering from damp. 

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