GEOGRAPHY TRAVEL BROSSES CHARLES DE Histoire des Navigatio

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[BROSSES, CHARLES DE]. Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes. [2], xiv, 463, [1]; [2], 513, [1] pages; lacks the maps and errata leaves. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt with 19th-century red and green morocco lettering pieces, cover corners worn through, Volume 1 spine chipped at top; occasional toning or light browning; institutional bookplates (with release stamp). Paris: Durand, 1756

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first edition of an important history of early voyages to the South Pacific, also noteworthy for the author''s proposal to settle Australia with French criminals and social undesirables. Hill 190 ("one of the outstanding works relating to the early history of Australasia"); Spence 190.