Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d'Amérique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des îles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d'histoire naturelle; accompagné de descriptions par m. le baron Cuvier, et m.A. de Chamisso, et d'observations sur les crânes humains, par m. le docteur Gall. Par m. Louis Choris, peintre.

Creator:

Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838
Choris, Louis, 1795-1828
Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832
Eyriès, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoît), 1767-1846
Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828

Published/Created:

Paris,
Impr. de Firmin Didot,
1822.

Physical Description:

2 p.l., vi, [149] p. front. (port.) 104 pl. (part col., incl. ports.) 3 maps. on 2 l. (1 folded) 44 x 28 cm.

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Notes:

Contains music.
Text by J.B.B. Eyries.
Issued in 22 livraizons, 1821-23. The 21st livraison ("21e et derniére livr") 1822 was followed by a "22e et derniére livraison," 1823: the latter (2 maps with text) is wanting in some copies. The work is divided into 7 parts, paged separately and published in the following order: I. San Francisco et ses habitants. II. Iles Sanswich. III. Iles Radak. IV. Iles Aléontiennes. V. Iles Mariannes et Philippines. VI. Craverséc de Cronstadt au Chili. VII. Kamtchatka, le golfe de Kotzebue et la terre des Tchouktchis.
In the present issue all the plates are colored. The number of plates is given as 110 by Quérarn. La France littéraire. Brunet and Graesse. The Catal. général ... du Département de la marine et des colonies, t. III, p. 217, quotes, 103 plates, one portrait and one map; the Bibliographie de la France, 105 plates and three maps.
In this copy parts VI-VII are bound before part I; according to the "Avis au reliour" at end of the volume, this is the correct order. Part VII lacks p. 1-2 (half-title?). With three additional leaves at end: list of subscribers, in two states, 2l.; "Avis au relieru" and errata, 1l.

Topics:

Craniology
Natural history
Views
Voyages around the world

Topics:

Kotzebue, Otto von,--1787-1846
Ri︠u︡rik (Brig)

Caption:

Pipe des îles de la Reine Charlotte a la Côte Nord ouest d'Amérique dans la collection de Son Excellence le Maréchal duc de Reggio.

Language:

French

Genre:

illustrations (AAT)
Lithographs

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

EEcd 815D

Orbis Record:

1235180

Orbis Barcode:

39002099614308

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1407167

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

10109906

PID:

digcoll:3726812