(AUCTION CATALOGUE: FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret de, C...

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Comte C.P. Claret de Fleurieu.

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2 p.l., 3, iv, 199 pp. 8vo, attractive antique mottled half-calf & speckled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: T. Le Clerc jeune, 1810. The second library of Fleurieu (1738-1810), Lieutenant of the Royal Ships, scientist, and politician who did important work on the chronometer and was a pioneer in the promotion and early history of French South Seas exploration. Fleurieu was forced to sell his first library by auction in 1798 due to reverses caused by the Revolution. This second library is predictably rich in voyages, the sciences, and history. Fleurieu read French, Latin, English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and we find many books in all these languages. 1990 lots including maps, atlases, and MSS. Fine copy. OCLC locates no copy in the U.S. ❧ Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830, 500. Peignot, p. 99.

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