FORREST (Thomas). Voyage aux Moluques et à la Nouvelle Guiné - Lot 77

FORREST (Thomas). Voyage aux Moluques et à la Nouvelle Guinée fait sur la galère "La Tartare" en 1774, 1775 et 1776 par ordre de la compagnie angloise, par le capitaine Forrest,... (Translated from the English by Demeunier). A Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1780. In-4, [3] f., 470 p., [1] f. (approb.), pl., contemporary mottled tan calf, 5-ribbed spine, red title-piece, ornate caissons, double gilt fillet at the edges, marbled edges (a few minor knocks to one cut, rubbing not serious; tear to corner of fx-title, hole in margin of page 1). First edition in French. A fine copy. One large folding map and 30 plates, most of them folding, all engraved on copper. Pl. num. 1 to 27, 5bis, 13 bis, 18 bis; pl. 20-21 and 25-26 on one sheet. Provenance: Eichthal bookplate.