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The flora and fauna of New Guinee

SONNERAT, [Pierre].
Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée, Dans lequel on trouve la description des Lieux, des Observations physiques & morales, & des détails relatifs à l'Histoire Narurelle dans le Regne Animal & le Regne Végétal.

With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat.

With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat.

With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat.

With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat.

With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat.



Paris, Ruault, 1776. 4to. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides, gilt inner borders, blue marbled edges. With engraved frontispiece of an explorer sitting under a palm tree and assisted by natives drawing a bird form nature, engraved by Therese Martinet after the author, 6 large folding views of the isles Coetivy and Sechelles, of Caldera, the fortress of Sambouangue, a Chinese sailing boat, etc., engraved by Avril, 33 full-page plates of plants and fruits, including one of insects, engraved by Therese Martinet, and 70 beautiful full-page plates of birds, engraved by C. Baquoy, all after drawings by the author, Pierre Sonnerat. XII, (4), 206, (2) pp.

First edition of a beautifully illustrated account of the first voyage by Pierre Sonnerat (1749-1814) to New Guinea, of special interest from the point of view of ornithology and botany. Pierre Sonnerat was the son of the French Intendant of Mauritius, and joined an expedition in 1771 and 1772 to examine the trees ans spices of the Philippines and the Moluccas. The expedition sailed daringly among the pirates of the Sulu Islands. The title of the book is a little bit misleading because although the expedition's goal to sail to New Guinee was reached, the observations and illustrations mostly are about the spices and birds seen on the way, mainly those of the Philippines and the Moluccas.
Being an  acomplished natural historian, the travel book by Pierre Sonnerat became a celebrated classic of natural history exploration and discoveries in the Far East. And the drawings by Sonnerat were engraved by specialists in the fields, Therese Martinet, sister and co-worker of François Nicolas Martinet, for the spices, and Jean Charles Baquoy (1721-1777), for the birds. The plates are numbered 1 to 120, but one plate is double-numbered 90 et 91. 

Fine copy.- (Wormhole in right lower corner of first quire).
Chadenat 179; Ronsil 2802; Pritzel 8773; Stafleu 12.451a; Nissen, Vogelbücher 885; Anker 475; Cat. Natura Artis Magistra 1898; cf. Hill II, p. 578.

Related Subjects: Asia  Botany  Ornithology  Travel & Voyages 

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