Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842
Title:
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe / exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville : publié par ordonnance de Sa Majesté.
Alternate Title(s):
Voyage de l'Astrolab
Published / Created:
Paris : J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur, No. 36, Rue de Vaugirard, 1830-1834.
Physical Description:
13 volumes in 20 : illustrations, maps ; 24-54 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2014 27
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Half title: Voyage de l'Astrolabe.

Volumes 6-13 have title: Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe.

Publisher varies.

Includes bibliographical references.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary red half calf and marbled boards.
Contents:
[1-5] Histoire du voyage (5 volumes) -- [5a] Histoire du voyage. Atlas (2 volumes) -- [6] Botanique (1 volume) -- [6a] Botanique. Atlas (1 volume) -- [7-10] Zoologie (4 volumes) -- [7a] Zoologie. Atlas (3 volumes) -- [11] Faune entomologique (1 volume) -- [12] Philologie (2 volumes in 1) -- [13] Observations nautiques, méteor, hydrographiques et de physique. (1 volume) -- [13a] Atlas hydrographique (1 volume)
Subject Terms:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790–1842 -- Travel. | Astrolabe (Corvette) | Astrolabe Expedition (1826–1829) | Scientific expeditions. | Voyages around the world. | Zoology -- Pacific Area. | Botany -- Pacific Area. | Discoveries in geography -- Pacific Ocean. | Natural history -- Oceania. | Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- French. | New South Wales -- Description and travel. | New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration. | Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel. | Islands of the Pacific -- Languages. | Maps -- Pacific Area. | Costume -- Pacific Area.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1830-1834. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1834. | Maps.
Contributors:
Tastu, J. (Joseph), 1787–1849, publisher.