PHIPPS (Constantin-Jean). Voyage au Pôle boreal, fait en 177 - Lot 105

PHIPPS (Constantin-Jean). Voyage au Pôle boreal, fait en 1773, par ordre du Roi d'Angleterre. Translated from the English. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, Pissot, 1775. In-4, XII-259 p., [2] f. (table of plates, privil.), contemporary mottled havana calf, spine 5 ribbed, ornamented caissons, title page, red edges (minor defects, one split jaw at head, pale angular halo at end of vol.). First edition of the French translation by Demeunier, revised by Fleurieu, of the account of this expedition, undertaken to reach the North Pole via Spitsbergen, with two ships: the "Racehorse" and the "Carcasse". This account contains interesting observations on nautical science, as well as a descriptive catalog of Spitsbergen's natural productions. It is illustrated with 12 engraved plates and fold-out tables in the text. (Sabin 62574; Chadenat 4794).