Lot n° 193
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PHIPPS Constantin-John, Lord Mulgrave. Voyage au Pôle Boréal - Lot 193
PHIPPS Constantin-John, Lord Mulgrave. Voyage au Pôle Boréal fait en 1773 par ordre du roi d'Angleterre. Paris, Saillant & Nyon ; Pissot, 1775 ; in-4 contemporary marbled calf, gilt fillets on the boards, spine decorated with gilt motifs, red part.
First edition of the translation from English, due to J.-Nicolas Demeunier and revised by Ch.-P. Claret de Fleurieu. "This useful book for nautical science honors Phipps... It contains a catalog of the productions of nature in Spitzbergen, a memoir on a process to desalinate sea water, astronomical observations made with the help of Israel Lyons..." (Quérard). It is illustrated with 12 DRAWING BOARDS: maps and plans, coasts, views, machines, ships caught in the ice, shells, crustaceans...
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