Dillon chevalier captain peter (2 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: very good. First. 2 volumes (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") Complete with two folding frontispieces (one hand-colored), a folding map, and copper engraved plate. bound in early full brown straight grained morocco. Binding is rubbed with a chip missing from each spine, hinges strengthened, marbled edges. Very Good copy of a scarce title. London: Hurst, Chance, & Co., 1829. First Edition. Internally very good (+) with slight occasional browning. An account of this journey to the Solomon Islands via Tasmania, New Zealand, and Tonga that successfully solved the mystery of the loss of La Perouse and his Expedition forty years previous. …

Or.bds. lxxviii,302;436pp. Two folding plates (one coloured), one b/w plate and a folding map of the island of Mannicolo. A little foxing to edges else a very good copy. Dillon discovered European objects on the island of Tikopia & having heard from natives that La Perouse's vessels had been shipwrecked on Vanikoro, made a voyage there, discovering items from the wreck including the ship's bell.…