1781, ISBN: 9fcd78e165cde0622cf97766ac50dc4e

Edition reliée

Near Fine, [PU: Paris : Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins], ADAM LUX,ALEXANDRE BEAUHARNAIS,ANNE D ARPAJON,ANTOINE FRANCOIS MOMORO,ARMAND GONTAUT,ARNAUD II LA PORTE,ATHANASE LOMENIE,AUGUSTI… Plus…

Near Fine, [PU: Paris : Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins], ADAM LUX,ALEXANDRE BEAUHARNAIS,ANNE D ARPAJON,ANTOINE FRANCOIS MOMORO,ARMAND GONTAUT,ARNAUD II LA PORTE,ATHANASE LOMENIE,AUGUSTIN JEAN JACQUES DUVAL EPREMESNIL,BAPTISTE CARRIER,BARNAVE,BARON CLOOTS,BRIENNE,BRISSOT,CAMILLE DESMOULINS,CHABOT,CHALIER,CHARLES BARBAROUX,CHARLOTTE CORDAY,CLAUDE FAUCHET,COMTE ESTAING,COUNTESS NOAILLES,COUTHON,CUSTINE,DUKE ORLEANS,EULOGIUS SCHNEIDER,EUSTACHE AOUST,EXECUTION XVI,FABRE EGLANTINE,FLERS,FLORENT CHATELET,FREDERICK III,FRIEDRICH VON DER TRENCK,GASPARD CHAUMETTE,GENSONNE,GEORGES DANTON,GOBEL,GUILLAUME CHRETIEN DE LAMOIGNON MALESHERBES,HANRIOT,HEBERT,HECTOR,HENRI HELENE LEBRUN TONDU,HENRIETTE AGUESSEAU,HERAULT SECHELLES,HISTOIRE,ISAAC RENE GUY LE CHAPELIER,JAMES O MORAN,JOSEPH MAILLY,JUST,KERSAINT,LABORDE,LAVOISIER,LOUIS EXPILLY POIPE,LOUISE TOUR AUVERGNE,LUCKNER,MADAME DU BARRY,MANUEL,MARGUERITE ELIE GUADET,MARIE ANTOINETTE,MARQUIS FAVRAS,MARTIAL HERMAN,MATHON COUR,MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE,NICOLAS PELLETIER,NOEL BABEUF,OLYMPE GOUGES,PAUL RABAUT SAINT ETIENNE,PAYAN,PHILIPPE,PHILIPPE RONSIN,PIERRE VICTURNIEN VERGNIAUD,PRINCE SALM KYRBURG,PRINCESS ELISABETH ANDRE CHENIER,QUENTIN FOUQUIER TINVILLE,REVOLUTION FRANCAISE,ROLAND,ROZALIA LUBOMIRSKA,SIMON NICHOLAS LINGUET,SYLVAIN BAILLY,THOMAS MAHY,THOURET,VAL GRACE,WESTERMANN,XVI OF FRANCE, In-4° relié basane marbrée de l'époque, 314 pages - - - The rare French edition of this famous book on Russian exploration, with good material on Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and the Northwest Coast. Coxe, on a journey through Russia, collected, compared and translated Russian journals, collected maps at St Petersburg, consulted with authorities and included several journals 'never before given to the public', directing the 'curious and inquisitive reader' to compare them to Cook's then unpublished journals. The book is a significant source on Russian exploration and expansion into the northern Pacific, and the attempt to open trade with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Coxe 'also succeeded in securing additional material (for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition, the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's second expedition of 1741). He was able to secure this particular information, not widely known at the time even in Russia, from Dr. William Robertson, who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson, first physician to Empress Catherine II.' (Lada-Mocarski). This edition is not in Sabin, who does record another French edition, a version reduced to octavo format published in Neuchâtel in 1781.<