BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT Jean-Baptiste. Voyage in the four main islands of the African seas, made by order of the government, during the years nine and ten of the Republic (1801 and 1802) with the story of the crossing of Captain Baudin to the Port-Louis of Mauritius. Collection of plates. Paris, F. Buisson, 1804; in-folio, paperback, without cover, entirely untrimmed. Beautiful work. Tenerife, Bourbon, Reunion, St. Helena. With 57 (out of 58, one map missing) METAL ENGRAVED PLATES MOST OF WHICH ARE REPLACED: maps, views, scenes, botanicals Small lateral lack in the title blank.

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