bloomfield noelene (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. Dust jacket has a tiny tear to top right corner back cover. Inscribed by author. Decades before the First Fleet, French ships were exploring large stretches of Australia. This handsomely colour-illustrated book tells the story of intrepid French explorers who charted and named many regions, laid claim to the West Coast, but for upheavals back in Europe, could have established a French colony in Australia. (Trove).

Laminated Boards. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. We forget how the French could have colonised Australia! pp.190. Illus. Endpaper maps. DW in archival sleeve; shelf wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Mouchet, Frederic [photographer] (illustrator). 1st Edition. Cream cloth in illustrated dustjacket, housed in pictorial card slipcase. Bumped at base corner, impacting slipcase & book corners. Dual-language [French & English]. Wonderful look at the French views of Australia in the 18th & 19th centuries juxtaposed with photographs of the areas today.

Boards in d.j. Lesueur and Petit (artists) (illustrator). 1st edition. 1st ed., square quarto, text in French and English, pp.192, profusely illus with colour and b&w plates, maps, photographs, original boards in dust-jacket. Near fine condition. Explorations to the Australian coast of French explorers during the 18th and 19th centuries, documented here through contemporary photographs, expedition drawings and historical commentary. Explorers include Saint-Alouarn, La Perouse, Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, Labillardiere, Baudin, Henri Freycinet, Louis Freycinet, Rose Freycinet, Hamelin, Peron and others. Includes artworks by artists Lesueur and Petit.