Mutiny on the Bounty, en français

Lot 19
16.10.2020 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 19 | Mutiny on the Bounty, en français
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BLIGH, William (1754-1817). Relation de l’enlèvement du Bounty, et voyage subséquent en chaloupe. Translated by D. Lescallier. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1790.

An attractive copy of the first edition in French of Bligh’s own account of the famous mutiny. The English edition was printed in the same year; an official account would not see publication in 1792. Sabin 5909.

Octavo (210 x 125mm). Half title, 3 engraved folding maps (occasional very light soiling). Contemporary calf, morocco title label, untrimmed (neatly rebacked). Provenance: early notes on final blank on Thessalonians.  
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