Lot n° 342
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[ARCTIC] J.-R. BELLOT / JULES GOURDAULT / FERD. DE LANOYE / - Lot 342
[ARCTIC] J.-R. BELLOT / JULES GOURDAULT / FERD. DE LANOYE / GEORGE S. NARES / J. PAYER - Lot of 5 reports of expeditions to the North Pole.
1: Joseph-René BELLOT - Voyage aux mers polaires à la recherche de Sir John Franklin. With an introduction by Paul Boiteau and accompanied by a map of the Arctic regions. New edition illustrated by Ad. Beaune. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1880. In-8°, lix, 492 pp. (Some foxing). Illustrations included in pagination, many full-page. Publisher's red percaline boards with gold and black decoration, gilt edges. Spine slightly faded. 1 folding map of the polar regions of North America, updated with the most recent discoveries.
2: Jules GOURDAULT - Voyage au pôle Nord des navires la Hansa et la Germania rédigé d'après les relations officielles allemandes. Paris, Hachette, 1875. In-8°, [3-1 bl.], 432 pp. Contemporary red half-chagrin boards, spine gilt, gilt edges. Illustrations included in the pagination, 50 of them full-page; 2 out-of-text maps of the Greenland coast (east and south), 1 out-of-text map of the route of the shipwrecked Hansa.
3: Ferdinand de LANOYE - La Mer polaire, voyage de l'Érèbe et de la Terreur, et expéditions à la recherche de Franklin. Illustrated with 26 vignettes and accompanied by maps and plans. Paris, L. Hachette, "Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée", 1864. Small in-12°, [3-1 bl.-1-1 bl.], 303-[1 bl.] pp. 5 hors-texte. Publisher's boards, red percaline with gilt decoration, gilt edges. Partly unstuck. Frontispiece portrait of Franklin, 2 fold-out maps of the Arctic regions, one of which shows the regions explored by Dr. Kane, 1 map of the scene of the Franklin expedition disaster, 1 facsimile as well as vignettes in the text and 15 full-page illus.
4: George S. NARES - Un voyage à la Mer polaire sur les navires de S. M. B. l'Alerte et la Découverte (1875 à 1876) suivi de notes sur l'histoire naturelle par H. W. Feilden ; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par Frédéric Bernard et contenant 62 gravures et 2 cartes. Paris, Hachette, 1880. In-8°, [3-1 bl.-1+1 bl.], xxiii, 572 p. (Marginal hernia of wetness pp. 483-572). Contemporary red half-chagrin boards, spine ribbed, gilt edges. A small nick and a few stains on the upper cover, slight scratches on the spines. First edition of the French translation (the original English edition appeared in 1878). Frontispiece portraits of Captains Nares and Stephenson, 1 map of the Smith Canal, 1 map of the sledge trip north under Maj. Markham, illustrations in the text and 27 full-page illustrations.
5: Julius PAYER - The Tegetthoff Expedition. Voyages of discovery to the 80th-83rd degrees of North latitude. Translated from the German... by Jules Gourdault and containing 68 woodcuts and 2 maps. Paris, Hachette, 1878. Large in-8°, [3-1 bl.], 381 pp. (some foxing). Publisher's red half-chagrin boards, spine ribbed, gilt edges (minor scuffing to spine). 68 illustrations, 25 full-page, 1 h. t. map of the New Zealand Sea - itinerary of the Austro-Hungarian expedition, 1 h. t. map of Emperor Franz Joseph Land.
TOGETHER 5 VOLUMES.
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