"The work was not completed: the "Histoire du voyage," the "Botanique Phanérogamie" and the "Hydrographie" remain unfinished. Plates 23, 55, 57, 58, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, to the "Botanique Phanérogamie" were not issued."--Cf. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), v. 2, p. 604

Imprint dates from the Hill collection of Pacific voyages catalog

Some of the plates are hand-colored

Includes bibliographical references

[v. 1. Histoire du voyage] (1 v. [1825] and atlas, 1826) -- [v. 2] Hydrographie et physique, par M. L. I. Duperrey (1 v., 1829) -- [v. 3] Hydrographie, par M. L. I. Duperrey (1 v., 1829 and atlas, 1827) -- [v. 4] Physique, par M. L. I. Duperrey (1 v., 1830) -- [v. 5] Zoologie, par MM. Lesson et Garnot [et F.-É. Guérin-Méneville] (2 v. in 4, 1826-1830 [i. e. 1838] and atlas, 1826) -- [v. 6] Botanique, par MM. d'Urville, Bory de St. Vincent et Ad. Brongniart; [t. 1] Cryptogamie, par M. Bory de St. Vincent; [t. 2] Phanérogamie, par M. Ad. Brongniart (2 v. in 1, 1828-1829 and atlas, 2 pt. in 1 v., 1826)

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.

UC San Diego. Hill Coll.

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SCNHRB copy 1 is an incomplete set, lacking Histoire du voyage [v. 1], Physique [v. 4] and Botany [v. 6]; SCNHRB copy 2 has the portions pertaining to mollusks and crustacea only

SCNHRB copy 1 [v. 2&3] (39088015053143) bound as one in brown library buckram, stamped on t.p.'s: U.S. Naval Lyceum; stamped on verso of t.p. of [v. 3]: Library of Congress, surplus, duplicate [and] Transfer Aug 12 1927. [v. 5], t. 2, ptie. 2 has ink bibliographical note taped to t.p., with additional pencilled notes

SCNHRB copy 1 text parts of [v. 5] (39088015053184, 39088015053226, 39088015053267, 39088015053309) bound in red library buckram; atlas v. of Zoologie divided into 3 pts. (39088015053341, 39088015053382, 39088015053424), pts. 1-2 in recent quarter brown goatskin and black cloth, pt. 3 in original boards, with printed cover, housed in a linen-covered dropped-back box; stamped on t.p.: unidentified property stamp (Petropolis 10 Mai 74) Smithsonian Institution National Museum [acc. no.] 308858, stamped on front free endpaper: Library of Congress Dec 10 1938 duplicate exchange

SCNHRB copy 2 (39088015053465, 39088015053507, 39088015053549) of [v. 5] t. 2, ptie 1, incomplete, t.p. and p. 239-471 only; bound in brown library buckram, with the bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Atlas of [v. 5], copy 2 is incomplete, in 2 pts: [pt. 1] plates of reptiles, fish, mollusks only, with the Dall bookplate and label of the National Capital Shell Club, bound in brown library buckram; [pt. 2] plates of crustacea, insects & zoophytes only; bound in recent quarter brown goatskin and black cloth

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