Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1750 et 1751, Dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, pour rectifier les Cartes des Cotes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale et de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve; Et pour en fixer les principaux points par les Observations Astronomiques.
Paris. l'Imprimerie Royale. 1753. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 25cm, The First Edition. viii,288,[x]p., with 8 folding engraved maps and plans, engraved copper plates by Gobin, and many woodcut ornaments in the text, in contemporary full mottled calf, real gilt decorated raised bands, full gilt spine decorations in the panels, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red in the style of the period, contemporary faint oval private library stamp on the title, fine in original antique binding, perhaps the best copy we have had. (cgc) Brunet I:21004 and Suppl. I,p.239, Sabin 11723; T.P.L. 222. "L'Academie royale des sciences examined the work and recommended its publication as a model of scientific accuracy."; not in Gagnon; Lande 114; O'Dea 148. The volume is divided into two parts, the first giving an account of the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg and his four expeditions to the neighbouring coasts and islands; and the second his astronomical observations. Item #40244
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