Lot 3123: DELESSERT, EUGENE.

Voyages dans les deux océans, Atlantique et Pacifique, 1844 à 1847. Brésil, Etats-Unix, Cap Bonne-Espérance, Nouvelle Hollande, Nouvelle-Zélande, Taïti, Philippines, Chine, Java, Indes Orientales, Egypte. Paris: A. Franck, 1848. 326 pp. Illustrated with maps, plates and text illustrations. 4to. Original brown cloth pictorially gilt on both covers. Intermittent very pale dampstain, rebacked with original spine laid down, corners showing.

First edition. "During his sojourn in New South Wales the author took great interest in sport. He recounts his experiences and observations" (Ferguson). Borba de Moraes I, p 253; Ferguson 4751; Hill, p 401; Sabin 19429.