ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1854). Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde . Paris: Gayet and Lebrun, 1840. An attractive set of Arago’s voyages , with a total of 60 hand-coloured plates, including chapters and plates on Australia and the Americas. Cf. Brunet I, p.372; Ferguson 2906 (calling for just 3 frontispieces and 56 plates); Sabin 1866. 4 volumes in 2, octavo (224 x 147mm). Half-titles to each volume, 4 frontispieces, of which 2 hand-coloured, and 58 further hand-coloured plates (some plates browned, heavier in vol. IV, one marginal tear just into text). 19th-century brown morocco, stamped ‘F.C’ in gilt to upper covers within decorative gilt frame . Provenance : bookseller’s label.
ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1854). Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde . Paris: Gayet and Lebrun, 1840. An attractive set of Arago’s voyages , with a total of 60 hand-coloured plates, including chapters and plates on Australia and the Americas. Cf. Brunet I, p.372; Ferguson 2906 (calling for just 3 frontispieces and 56 plates); Sabin 1866. 4 volumes in 2, octavo (224 x 147mm). Half-titles to each volume, 4 frontispieces, of which 2 hand-coloured, and 58 further hand-coloured plates (some plates browned, heavier in vol. IV, one marginal tear just into text). 19th-century brown morocco, stamped ‘F.C’ in gilt to upper covers within decorative gilt frame . Provenance : bookseller’s label.
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