Paris, Saillant & Nyon, Delalain, 1770. 8vo. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. raised bands, richly gilt spines. Light wear to top of spines. Marbled edges. Stamp on title-pages. Front free endpaper in volume one, gone. IV,385(2),334,(2) pp. and 18 folded engraved plates, maps and plans. Some scattered brownspots, mostly on the first few leaves in both volumes.
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Second augmented edition. Pernety took part in the 1763-64 expedition under Louis Antoine de Bougainville that established the Port Saint Louis settlement in the Falkland Islands, and published a two-volume account of his nature exploration of the Falklands and the Brazilian island of Santa Catarina. In particular, he gave the first description of the Falklands stone runs phenomenon.
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