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OUTHIER, Reginald

Journal d'un voyage au nord, en 1736 & 1737
Paris
Piget et Durand
1744
€450 - €700

4°, [8], 238, [2] pp, engr. title vignette, some browning, 5 plates in text and 16 folding plates, cont. calf binding (some rub.)

FIRST EDITION of Outhier's travels to Lapland. This Royal French Expedition was led by members of the French Academy of Sciences and was one of 2 to determine the dimensions and shape of the earth by measuring one exact degree of meridian. Although the printed table lists 18 engravings, 2 were never printed. Réf. Brunet IV, 262. Prov.: handwritten name on titlepage (1850)

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