FRÉVILLE, ANNE FRANÇOIS JOACHIM DE (+) [ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE].
Reference : 57765
(1776)
Upsala, Johan Edman, 1776. 8vo. 2 volumes bound in one contemporary half calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Occassional brownspotting throughout. (28), 308, (2)" (2), 326, (6]) pp. + folded map.
Swedish translation of Fréville's 'Hhistorie des Nouvelles Découvertes...', first published in Paris in 1774, being an abdriged version of Alexander Dalrymple's 'Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean"". Regarding the map Kroepelien notes: ""it was issued sometime after the publication of both volumes and is thus frequently missing.""Kroepelien 471Beddie 721Hill 411Sabin 25913 (1774-edition)