FREYCINET (Louis-Claude de Saulces de). Voyage autour du mon - Lot 49

FREYCINET (Louis-Claude de Saulces de). Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi, sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, Pillet Aîné, 1824-1825. 2 volumes in-folio (50 x 32 cm and 51.5 x 34.5 cm); fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with cold gilding and gold titling, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled edges (zoology vol.) and marbled paper-covered cartonnage, red paper title-pieces on spine (historical atlas vol.) (worn bindings, paper missing from spine of cart., rare small stains not serious). Set of 2 volumes (alone) of the important atlas of Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde made during the years 1817 to 1820, the sections of which were sold separately. Zoological atlas. Title, 96 plates including 77 in color, 15 pp. explanatory table of plates bound in fine. - Historical atlas. Engraved title with vignette, 43 plates and maps (out of 112), 18 in color. Volume untrimmed. In 1817, Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) was entrusted with a scientific navigation mission around the globe. Commanding the corvette l'Uranie, he set out in the company of numerous scientists, including the authors of the zoological atlas, French surgeon, anatomist, ornithologist and zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy (1790-1869) and French physician and naturalist Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793-1858). The zoological atlas is illustrated with 96 plates depicting mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, arachnids, insects, marine invertebrates... 77 of which were enhanced in color at the time. The historical atlas plates are by expedition draftsman Jacques Arago (1790-1854) and naval officer and draftsman Marie Joseph Alphonse Pellion (1796-1868). This copy comprises 43 maps, plans and views, including 18 color plates and a large folding map of the province of Rio de Janeiro with colored boundaries. Note: plates present in this copy of the Atlas historique: 1 to 14, 16 to 22, 24 to 31, 33 to 37, 43, 49, 54, 59, 60, 68, 82, 83, 97.