AA.VV. - Lot with 3 books on circumnavigation - 1829





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Holds a master’s degree in bibliography, with seven years of experience specialising in incunabula and Arabic manuscripts.
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Description from the seller
1) Collection of travels
Walk around the world in the years 1817 - 18 - 19 and 20 aboard His Majesty the King of France's corvettes Urania and Fisica commanded by Mr. Freycinet
by Arago (designer of the expedition)
Complete work of 7 volumes in 3 books
Vol. 1/2 - pp. 199 - 198
Vol. 3/4 - pp. 206 - 192
Vol. 5/6/7 - pp. 192- 192 - 224
Contemporary binding in half-leather with marbled boards - Title in gold on the spine - small cracks to the spines
Size in cm 13 x 9
Stamperia Alliana
Torino 1829
Conditions: excellent
2) The Millennia
Rationales of my journey around the world (1594-1606)
by Francesco Carletti
edited by Gianfranco Silvestro
first edition
pp. XX + 285 with 4 maps folded multiple times in color
Cloth-bound edition with title and gold embellishments on the spine
Size in cm 21.5 x 14
Einaudi, 1958
Conditions: very good
3) World tour by car
Giro del mondo in automobile
by Jea-Claude Baudot - and Jacques Séguela
pp. 333 (2) with numerous photographic plates
Cloth-bound edition with title and gold embellishments on the spine - Drawing of the Renault car engraved on the cover
Size in cm 23.5 x 16.5
Publisher: Baldini & Castoldi
Milan, 1963
Conditions: very good
Seller's Story
1) Collection of travels
Walk around the world in the years 1817 - 18 - 19 and 20 aboard His Majesty the King of France's corvettes Urania and Fisica commanded by Mr. Freycinet
by Arago (designer of the expedition)
Complete work of 7 volumes in 3 books
Vol. 1/2 - pp. 199 - 198
Vol. 3/4 - pp. 206 - 192
Vol. 5/6/7 - pp. 192- 192 - 224
Contemporary binding in half-leather with marbled boards - Title in gold on the spine - small cracks to the spines
Size in cm 13 x 9
Stamperia Alliana
Torino 1829
Conditions: excellent
2) The Millennia
Rationales of my journey around the world (1594-1606)
by Francesco Carletti
edited by Gianfranco Silvestro
first edition
pp. XX + 285 with 4 maps folded multiple times in color
Cloth-bound edition with title and gold embellishments on the spine
Size in cm 21.5 x 14
Einaudi, 1958
Conditions: very good
3) World tour by car
Giro del mondo in automobile
by Jea-Claude Baudot - and Jacques Séguela
pp. 333 (2) with numerous photographic plates
Cloth-bound edition with title and gold embellishments on the spine - Drawing of the Renault car engraved on the cover
Size in cm 23.5 x 16.5
Publisher: Baldini & Castoldi
Milan, 1963
Conditions: very good
