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ARAGO (Jacques). Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. [followed by:] Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Chasses-Drames. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, H.-L. Delloye, 1839-1840. 5 volumes in-8, half green basane, decorated smooth spines, speckled edges (period binding). Illustrated with 2 lithographed portraits of Jacques Arago and his brother Dominique François, and 60 lithographed plates based on the author's sketches; genre scenes, types, portraits, views. The supplement volume on hunting is illustrated with 15 lithographed plates by Victor Adam. Embarked as a draftsman, Arago was part of the 1817 expedition on the vessel Uranie, which was on a circumnavigation voyage under the command of Captain Freycinet. On his return to France, he published two books, "Promenade autour du monde" and "Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde", accompanied by drawings and lithographed plates. The latter is largely devoted to Oceania, and contains numerous observations on the customs of the South Sea islanders. The third volume is devoted to Hawaii, and the fourth contains details of Australia and its inhabitants, as well as several vocabularies of the peoples encountered. A fine copy in a romantic binding. Some spotting.

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ARAGO (Jacques). Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. [followed by:] Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Chasses-Drames. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, H.-L. Delloye, 1839-1840. 5 volumes in-8, half green basane, decorated smooth spines, speckled edges (period binding). Illustrated with 2 lithographed portraits of Jacques Arago and his brother Dominique François, and 60 lithographed plates based on the author's sketches; genre scenes, types, portraits, views. The supplement volume on hunting is illustrated with 15 lithographed plates by Victor Adam. Embarked as a draftsman, Arago was part of the 1817 expedition on the vessel Uranie, which was on a circumnavigation voyage under the command of Captain Freycinet. On his return to France, he published two books, "Promenade autour du monde" and "Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde", accompanied by drawings and lithographed plates. The latter is largely devoted to Oceania, and contains numerous observations on the customs of the South Sea islanders. The third volume is devoted to Hawaii, and the fourth contains details of Australia and its inhabitants, as well as several vocabularies of the peoples encountered. A fine copy in a romantic binding. Some spotting.

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