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Lot 210

CHARCOT (JEAN-BAPTISTE)
Rapports préliminaires sur les travaux exécutés dans l'Antarctique par la mission commandée par M. le Dr. Charcot. de 1908 a 1900, Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912, 4to (2)

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
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CHARCOT (JEAN-BAPTISTE)

Rapports préliminaires sur les travaux exécutés dans l'Antarctique par la mission commandée par M. le Dr. Charcot. de 1908 a 1900, publisher's printed wrappers, minor tears to spine [Denucé 2405; Spence 258; Rosove 64.A1 ("rare"); Pimentel 287 ("très rare")], Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1910; Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr Jean Charcot. Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques. Cartes, 11 folding colour-printed maps and charts, printed label on each, chart 1 slightly soiled with some tears at folds, loose as issued in publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, lacks one tie [Rosove 66-23.A1], Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912, 4to (2)

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RARE. Jean Pimentel, in his bibliography of French Antarctic publications, notes that all the Pourquoi-Pas? science reports are "very rare", especially the charts.

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