ARAGO. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND WORLD. 1823

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 2 parts in one, 4to (283 x 220mm.), folding engraved map, 25 lithographed plates, modern dark green half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt, uncut, new endpapers, lacking half-title and a preliminary leaf (vii-viii), repairs to map, D4 and leaves of first gathering, a few plates shaved, minor staining

Philip Hamond, bookplate

Ferguson 885; Forbes 562; Hill (2004) 29; Sabin 1865

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"Translation of Arago's Promenade autour du monde.. The Uranie, with a crew of 125 men under the command of Captain Louis de Freycinet, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology. Arago was the artist of the expedition, which visited Western Australia, Timor, Hawaii, and New South Wales" (Hill).