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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  125
• Lot Description:
  Arago, Jacques Étienne Victor. Souvenirs d’un Aveugle. Voyage autour du monde par M. J. Arago
  ouvrage enrichi de soixante Dessins et de Notes scientifiques [together with] Souvenirs d’un Aveugle. Voyage autour du Monde, par M. Jacques Arago, Chasses. – Drame. Edition enrichie de 15 dessins. First work: four volumes in two, octavo, with 58 lithographed plates (foxed), bound with half-titles in uniform French half burgundy calf and marbled boards of the period, spine decorated in gilt. Second work: octavo, with 15 lithographed plates, bound with half-title in French quarter black calf and marbled boards of the period, spine gilt, not uniform with the text volumes. Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, Éditeurs [and] H.L. Delloye, Éditeurs, 1839 – 1840.
• Notes:
  A set of Arago’s Souvenirs, comprising the four-volume first edition of Souvenirs d’un Aveugle with the rare supplementary volume, Chasses – Drames. A popular and important account, Souvenirs d’un Aveugle was an extensive rewriting and expansion of Arago’s earlier 1822 account of Freycinet’s Uranie expedition. With numerous illustrations not included in the earlier book, it is effectively a completely new work. Originally published in parts between 1838 and 1840, this handsome work was widely popular with many editions and issues. Arago’s Souvenirs has been ill-described in the bibliographies and copies of this first edition have been noted with 58, 60, or 62 plates. Chasses – Drames, the supplementary fifth volume was published in the following year by a different publisher and is rare. It comprises a selection of further illustrated reminiscences, many detailing close encounters with wild animals. First work: Bagnall, 124 (undescribed); Davidson, p. 112; Ferguson, 2689a(rev) not specifying plates; Forbes, 1134 (calling for 60 plates); Hill 2, 30 (noting 61 plates); Sabin, 1866. Second work: Bremer, 17 (q.v.); Ferguson, 2906aa; not in Forbes, Hill, or Sabin.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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