77/2744 Roquefeuil, C. de. Journal d'un Voyage autour du Monde, pendant les années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819. Paris, Ponthieu, Lesage and Gide, 1823, 2 vols., XLIX,(1),344; (2),407p., 2 fold. engr. maps (incl. double-hemisphere worldmap), contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. green mor. letterpiece.

- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown; vol. 1 possibly lacks prelim. text leaf; occas. (sl.) foxed. Joints split(ting)/ worn; backstrips lack sm. portion; vol. 2 frontcover loose(ning).

= Sabin 73149; Lada-Mocarski 86; Forbes 569; cf. Hill 1483 (English ed.). The only account of the third French circumnavigation, containing important information on i.a. the American (North) West coast, Alaska and Hawaii. Without official government sanction, it was probably printed in a small number of copies. "In the preface the editor mentioned that the present work had been written three years ago (in 1820) but that the author, due to various circumstances and to certain timidity, refrained from having it printed. It was only because of his undertaking another long sea voyage that he agreed to leave it to his family, allowing them to use it in the way they wished. It was one of his brothers who took charge of the publication of the Journal without making any changes whatsoever. Its wording is exactly what was written on board the Bordelais" (Lada-Mocarski). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX.