GAIMARD (Joseph-Paul).

[GAIMARD] — ANGLES (Raoul). [Travel Diaries]. 1836-1840. 3 manuscript volumes in-8, burgundy or green half calfskin, decorated smooth spines, leg. rubbed, gilt super-libris in foot R. Angles. Autograph manuscripts of Raoul Anglès, meteorologist for the campaigns of the Scientific Commission of Iceland and Greenland [conducted under the direction of Joseph-Paul Gaimard (1793-1858)], on the corvette La Recherche, in 1835 and 1836, then in Scandinavia , Lapland, Spitsbergen and the Faroe Islands between 1838 and 1840. Pleasant volumes in contemporary bindings with similar decorations. The first volume was offered by Gaimard himself to Raoul Angles, on April 27, 1836, no doubt so that his companion would write down his notes there. The ex-dono manuscript on the first endpaper dates from before their departure, in May 1836: “Offered to M. Raoul Anglès by Gaimard. Paris, April 27, 1836”. A) Diary of my trip to Iceland and my unfortunate return via Copenhagen. 1836. Title and 149 pp., 80 ff. whites. - Meteorological observations made during our trip on the coasts and in the interior of Iceland. Title and 9 ff., 25 ff. whites in fine. Corrections, erasures and deletions of paragraphs. Brot papermaker label. The first part is the journal of the expedition through Iceland. Anglès describes the inhabitants and travelers he meets, the landscapes (rivers, waterfalls), the weather, the activities of his days... "We visited the hot springs where we come to wash our clothes when we don't wash it with urine (...) "We couldn't resist the desire to bathe... in water that varied from 30 to 40°"... He evokes the eruptions of geysers more than 25 minutes, caused artificially by gas and gunfire..., the ascent on horseback of lava flows, the ascent of perilous snow-covered passes, an accident in a river where he almost drowned... p 90: Before mass, “what is most curious is that to prepare for it, the first thing the women did when entering the church was to kiss us; some even did it very tenderly, it was necessary to wipe, so much the mouths old and young passed there. Raoul Anglès, meteorologist, and Gaimard, naturalist, doctor and leader of the expedition, were accompanied by 5 other members, mentioned in this story: the artist Auguste Mayer, the geologist Eugène Robert, the cartographer Victor Lottin, the man from letters Xavier Marmier, the taxidermist Louis Bévalet. Then Anglès falls seriously ill, the departure of the expedition without him is very painful for him, he will return alone: p. 116, "I regret not sharing the misery they will still experience before reaching the end of their journey". Meteorological readings are taken from June 22, 1836 until the end of July. Ex-dono manuscript signed on the flyleaf "Offered to Mr. Raoul Anglés by P. Gaimard. Paris, April 27, 1836". B) Notes taken during the voyage of La Recherche in 1839. And continuation 1840. - Notes on a stay in Stockholm. 358 p. (pp. 324 to 389 left blank), 1 f. of table. Various scientific observations. The expedition started on June 14, 1839, and Anglès, who wrote from the boat but also ashore, divided his manuscript into several parts: pp. 1 to 324, he recounts his journey (black or red ink, with corrections and erasures). Follows, after white pages 325 to 349, the account (pp. 350 to 358) of his stay in Stockholm where he arrived on October 31, 1839. White pages 359 to 386, except pp. 381-382, table of contents. Anglès, in this travel diary, recounts his encounters, the inhabitants, the transport and travel conditions, the weather conditions... His stay takes place in the Faroe Islands, in Hammerfest, in Spitsbergen, in Haparanda, in Finland, in the city of Uleaborg, Abo, Stockholm, Lulea, Kuopio... Then he arrived in Petersburg, where he stayed from February 25 to March 15, 1840, before moving to Moscow from March 18 to 25, and finishing his diary of trip to Istanbul. Anglès evokes "Christmas Eve, a great celebration everywhere in Sweden. It is the day when a man masked and dressed in some bizarre way, comes to distribute gifts in each house"; p. 163: "I came back a little on the account of this compatriot although it still does not come back to me much; on my return from the temple, he offered me some fumet, Port wine etc... He speaks Latin well ..."; p. 201: "What a happy idea I had to turn aside from my route to come here! I am as well recommended there as in Sweden and I found there an order from the governor ... to find me horses without delay (...). Moreover a courier, a real courier will precede me... I believe that the name of Gaimard has something to do with it"; p. 208: "I am 27 years old today. Is this really possible? How short life is and how I would like to be 10 years younger to have time to travel ahead of me!". C) [Weather observations. Scandinavia, Lapland and Spitsbergen]. 35pp. Dice statements