Voyage in Search of La Pérouse [with] Atlas Pour Servir à la Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse

Author: Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière (1755-1834)Year: 1800Publisher: Printed for John Stockdale and Chez H.J. JansenPlace: London and ParisDescription: 3 volumes. Comprises: Voyage in Search of La Pérouse. 2 volumes. xxxii+33-487 pages with ; [3]-344+105+[6 ad] pages with 45 engraved plates, folding map. Octavio (8¼ x 5¼"), rebound in modern gilt-ruled full calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers in non-pareil pattern. First English Octavo Edition. With Atlas Pour Servir à la Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse, Fait par Ordre de l'Assemblée Constituante, Pendant les années 1791, 1792, et pendant la 1ere et 2eme annee de la République Française. 43 engraved maps and plates, including the large folding chart. Folio (22¼ x 15¾"), bound in quarter pebble cloth over marbled boards. After a good education at the college in his hometown, La Billardière studied medicine in Montpellier, where he attended botany courses at Goüan and Reims a