Lot 32: Gaimard (Paul). Voyages de la Commission

Gaimard (Paul). Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scaninavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feroe, Pendant les Annees 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la Corvette La Recherche, 24 vols. and Atlas, pub. Arthus Bertrand, [1842-55], text vols. comprising: Geographie Physique, 2 vols. in 4; Geologie, 1 vol. in 2; Relation du Voyage, 2 vols.; Litterature Scandinavie, 1 vol; Histoire de la Scandinavie, 1 vol; Aurores Boreales, 1 vol. in 2; Magnetisme Terrestre, 3 vols. in 6; Geologie, Mineralogie et Metallurgie, 1 vol. in 2 (lacking 2nd vol.); Meteorologie, 2 vols. in 4 (lacking 3rd vol.); lacking Astronomie et Hydrographie vol.; Atlas comprising 199 plates only: Geologique, 24 lithographed or engraved plates; Physique, 23 plates (including 10 fine plates of Auores Boreales) and Zoologie, 152 plates in two states, one state hand-coloured or part-coloured, some occasional spotting, browning or toning, text vols. in original printed boards, some rubbing and soiling, atlas bound in contemporary half calf, covers detached, spine defective, 8vo and large folio Nissen 1469. (25)