LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galau de (1741-1788). The Voyage of La Pérouse round the world. London, 1798.
2 volumes, 8vo (210 x 126 mm). 2 engraved frontispiece portraits, 3 engraved folding maps, 3 engraved charts, 43 engraved plates and views. (Some minor spotting to plates.) Contemporary tree calf (rebacked). One of two editions published in English in 1798, this Stockdale edition has more maps and plates than the Johnson edition, which appeared slightly earlier according to Forbes. "The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated Perouse, is full of interest in all portions, but his relations of the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the northwest coast of North America, are especially valuable. The mysterious fate of this distinguished navigator has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account was transmitted from Botany Bay, after leaving this place the expedition was never heard of again" (Sabin). Forbes 287; Howes L-93; Sabin 38964.
