VANCOUVER, George - Lot 70

VANCOUVER, George Voyage de découverte à l'Océan Pacifique du nord, et autour du monde; dans lequel la côte Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevée... executed in 1790... and 1795. Paris, Imp. de la République, An VIII (1800). Paris, imprimerie de la République, An VIII [1800]. 3 volumes in-4 (314 x 230 mm) TEXT: from 1 f.n.ch. (faux-titre), XI, 491 pp., 7 engraved plates for volume I; 4 f.n.ch. (of which the first is blank), 516 pp., 5 engraved plates for volume II; 4 f.n.ch., 562 pp., 6 engraved plates for volume III. Text in red hardback, smooth spine (publisher's binding), modern swirl paper cases. First French edition, translated by Demeunier and Morellet. The text is complete with 18 plates (including a map in volume II). Spines slightly restored; small light wetness at head of volume I. Text with full margins, entirely untrimmed.