154 - [TRAVEL - LESSEPS (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de)].

[TRAVEL - LESSEPS (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de)]. Historical Journal of the Voyage of Mr. de Lesseps, French Consul, who served on the expedition of Count de la Pérouse as the King’s interpreter; From the moment he left the French frigates at the port of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul in Kamchatka until his arrival in France on October 17, 1788. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1780. 2 volumes, in-8°, green half-vellum with corner pieces, smooth spine adorned with a title label in red morocco (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION of this epic journey through Siberia and Europe by Baron de Lesseps (1766–1834). Three folded plates (one engraved by CHOFFARD and two maps). The work contains a “Vocabulary of the Kamchadal, Koryak, Chukchi, and Lamute Languages” at the end of Vol. II. Complete with the “Notice to the Bookbinder” (slightly shorter margins). A label with the address of the printer-bookseller Moutard is affixed to the back of the first half-title page. From the Loynel Library, with an ex-libris. Minor damage to one cap; split joints. Chadenat, 1152; Sabin, X, 40208.