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[America - Canada] - Chabert, Joseph Bernard de - Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750
Estimation :
€3000/4000
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Invendu
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et 1751, dans l’Amérique Septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des côtes de l’Acadie, de l’Isle Royale, & de l’Isle de Terreneuve (...). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1753, [2]-viij-288-[10] pp. [bound after] De la grandeur et de la figure de la terre = Suite des Memoires de l’Academie royale des Sciences. Année MDCCXVIII. Ibidem, 1720, [10]-306 pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 4to, cont. mottled calf (a few very sm. defects), richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, polished red edges, marbl. endpapers. Beautiful copy. Cfr. ill. 1st ed. of the main work of J.B. Chabert (1724-1805). “The 1st part of the work contains the author’s voyage from Brest to Louisburg, and 4 expeditions, the 2nd part describes his astronomical observations at large. it is especially chabert’s astronomical research, which was very precise even by today’s standards, that give his work great scientific value. Chabert added 6 maps to the first part, all of them with astonishingly exact data, also making the book interesting with respect to Canadian geography. Chabert joined the navy on July 14, 1741, on the ship Léopard. He navigated the american coast, where he still was in 1746 on another ship, the emeraude. after a promotion in 1748, he was ordered by the king to visit the region which now forms the south-east part of Quebec, east Maine, new Brunswick, nova scotia, and Prince edward island, the voyage which he describes in the present work.” (Forum). engr. ill. on title. engr. headpc by gobin. 6 folding engr. maps, folding engr. plate depicting geometrical figures, and large folding table with calculations for the position of the sun and the moon. Ref. Conlon 53:545. Leclerc 691. Sabin 11723.
