HOMBRON, (JACQUES BERNARD).

Aventures les plus curieuses des Voyageurs Coup D'oeil autour du Monde d'apres les Relations anciennes et modernes et de Documents recueillis sur les lieux. Ouvrage imité des Aventures des Voyageurs par P. Blanchard. 2 vols.

Paris, Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, 1847. Bound in 2 profusely gilt and ornamented in different colours, original full cloth. Binding of vol. 1 rubbed and tears in hinges. Corners bumped, spine ends worn. All edges gilt. Occasionally brownspotted. Stamp on title. 2 frontispieces. (1),III,496;(1),476 pp. 38 fine wood-engraved plates and many textillustr.

First edition. Hambron travelled with Dumont D'Urville on his second Voyage to the South Pole, Australia and the Sout Seas in the years 1837-40.

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