ARAGO, Jacques-Etienne-Victor. ATLAS [PROMENADE AUTOUR DU MO - Lot 204

ARAGO, Jacques-Etienne-Victor. ATLAS [PROMENADE AUTOUR DU MONDE SUR LES CORVETTES DU ROI L'URANIE ET LA PHYSICIENNE][Paris, Leblanc, 1822].1 vol. small in-folio. Half brown calf, gilt title. Historical and picturesque atlas, the only one of its kind, intended to accompany the report published in 1822 by Arago. Includes a map by Desmadryl frères and Joumar, the expedition's route and 25 lithographed plates by Langlumé: views of Rio de Janeiro, inhabitants of the island of Timor, anthropophagi of Ombay, the corvette l'Uranie near New Guinea, natives of the Marianas, Carolines and Sandwich islands, tiger hunting in Paraguay, etc. No title or index. Some foxing. Spine heavily spotted.