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[BEHRENS, CARL FRIEDRICH.] Histoire de L'Expédition de Trois Vaisseaux . . . aux Terres Australes en MDCCXXI. [12], 224; [4], 254 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 12mo, 152x94 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, spine ends chipped, cover corners worn through; isolated minor marginal foxing and dampstains, Volume 1 half-title and title shaved along bottom edge, clean tear in F1, worming in blank gutters of gatherings C through E in Volume 2. Stamps of Anthon Bakels and bookplates of Frank S. Streeter (sale, Christie's, 17 April 2007, lot 27). The Hague: Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1739
first edition in french of a first-hand account of the 1721-22 South Sea voyage led by Jacob Roggeveen in search of the supposed Great Southern Continent, the first European expedition to land on Easter Island. The original version in German was published in 1737. Hill 99.
