Account of the French expedition unter Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville to colonize the Falkland Islands.

Vignette on title pages; title surrounded by ornamental frame.

Half title v. 2 and caption title v. 1: p. 25 read: Journal historique de mon voyage aux iles Malouïnes, avec les observations que j'ai faites sur les habitans, & sur l'histoire naturelle des lieux que j'ai parcourus.

Signatures: v. 1: )(⁸ (±)(1) A-2B⁸ (-A1; 2B5 signed as: "Bb2") 2C1, 2C2 (two single leaves; 2C2 verso blank); v. 2: pi² 2C⁸ (-2C1, -2C2; both leaves forming part of v. 1) 2D-3A⁸ (3A8 verso blank)

Plates (18) numbered: Pl. I. [-VIII.], Pl. VIII, Pl. IX., Pl. IX, Pl. X. [-XVI.]. A statement on p. [47] at the end of v. 2 refers to 19 plates, but this is very likely erroneous, because only 18 plates are known of and reported by sources.

Errata (v. 2: p. [46-47], at end)

Includes index.

Volume 1: p. 139-252 and v. 2: plate IV give an account of Santa Catarina Island in Brazil.

Sabin 60997.

Cioranescu, A. 18.s., 49528.

Quérard, J.-M. La France Littéraire, 7:57.

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 223524.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf.