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BOUGAINVILLE, Voyage autour du monde, 1775
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine (de).
Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi la Boudeuse.
Neuchatel, Imprimerie de la société thypohraphique, 1775.
Two parts bound in one 12mo (162x97 mm), xxiv-187 pages / 252-(3) pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Corners and caps worn. Light watestain.
New augmented edition.
Complete of both parts in one volume.
Written by a man who said he was from the Enlightenment, this travelogue struck contemporaries with its portrait of a Tahitian society guided by the quest for pleasure, where the man appeared freed from the tyranny of work.
Price : 250 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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