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306 - [TRAVEL]. ORLÉANS, Philippe, Duke of. *La Revanche de la Banquise*. A Summer Adrift in the Kara Sea. June–September 1907.

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€120 - 150

Sale fees

27%

[TRAVEL]. ORLÉANS, Philippe, Duke of. *La Revanche de la Banquise*. A Summer Adrift in the Kara Sea. June–September 1907. First edition recounting the Duke of Orléans’ expedition aboard the famous ship La Belgica, featuring numerous photographs reproduced in the text, 17 plates, and 8 maps. Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1909. Large quarto, paperback, embossed cover printed in black and red. 288 pp., 39 pp. (tables) and 3 ff. (list of plates and colophon), numerous black-and-white photographic reproductions in the text, 17 inset plates, including 3 double-page spreads, and 8 maps, including 6 fold-out maps. Dust jacket soiled and frayed, spine creased. Very rare marginal foxing. First edition of the account of the scientific and hunting expedition conducted in 1907 in the Arctic aboard the “Belgica” by Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869–1926), great-grandson of Louis Philippe. The illustrations include numerous photographs taken during the polar expedition (ice landscapes, the ship’s drift, polar bear hunting, Arctic wildlife, scenes on board), 17 plates, and 8 maps related to the expedition. Carefully printed on fine vellum paper. A fine copy, complete with all its plates and maps.

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Auction details

Collectible Books - First Editions - Illustrated Editions - Bibliophilia
Monday, November 23
02:00 PM
82, rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris, France

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Kâ-Mondo +33 1 48 24 26 10 km@ka-mondo.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 83,000 lots published

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