Jean-François de Galaup comte de Lapérouse ; Da Ros (illustrateur) - Le voyage extraordinaire de Lapérouse - 1971

Three large octavo illustrated volumes by Da Ros, comprising 63 color compositions including a title vignette, 20 full-page plates with tissue guards (one double-page), 18 in-text banners, 24 tailpieces, a folding map on parchment paper mounted at the beginning of the third volume, and numerous facsimiles of ancient documents. All pages are bordered with a frame featuring navigation attributes. Limited to 1,980 copies on Lana vellum watermarked Sefer with Leopard on parchment, each with an original signed color illustration, an original signed black drawing, and a bistre suite of the double-page plate and the hors-texte illustrations from the edition. The interior is in perfect condition, with the accompanying certificate of authenticity. The publisher's binding is Havana, with covers decorated with a large helm and four scenes in a cold-stamped frame, the spine adorned with portraits and maritime attributes, and the head gilded.
Condition: minor wear.