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Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, à Botany-Bay,, édition originale
at Jackson Harbour in 1787, 1788, 1789. A book containing new details on the character and uses of the inhabitants of Cape of Good Hope, Tenerife Island, Rio-Janeiro and New Holland, as well as an exact description of more than one of these buildings.
John WHITE
Paris - Chez Pougin - An 3 de la République (1795)
- Format : In-8.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : Tome 1: xii, 206 pp., Tome 2: 256 pp.
Period full marbled basane binding. Smooth spine decorated with gold motifs, green morocco title piece. Marbled slices. Split jaws (about 5 cm), splinter at the head cap, some friction.
Translated from the English by Charles Pougens.
First edition of the French translation of this book published in English in 1790. This first French edition is enriched with more than 250 pages of remarks by the translator, Charles Pougens.
In particular, it contains an interesting description of the "kangaroo" (p. 166-169).
In good condition.
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