Voyage in Search of La Perouse, Performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791,1792,1793, and 1794, ... Transl.from French. 2 vols.

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London: John Stockdale, 1800. Roy. 8vo. Later hf. cf. with marbled boards. Spines uniformly gilt and with raised bands. With 46 engrv.plates including a fold.map. Some foxing, but nonetheless an excellent complete copy of the First English Edition. Uncut. Appendix (Vol 2): Vocabularies of the language of the Malays, of the savages of Dieman's Land, of the Friendly Islands, of the natives of New Caledonia, of the natives of Waygiou. - Tables of the route of the Esperance. Hill, pp. 168. NOTE: After three years had passed by, without any news of the ill-fated expedition under La Perouse, the French Government sent out to the South Seas two vessels, the Recherche and the Esperance, under the command of D'Entrecasteaux and Kermadec to search for La Perouse. Among the scientists was the naturalist attached to the Expedition, Labillardiere. Although the search was unsuccessful, the scientific observations and coastal surveys undertaken during the voyage remain of considerable importance. Labillardiere gives the first scientific description of the New Zealand Flax, and brought back several New Zealand plants. He describes the visits paid by the expedition to Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Tongan or Friendly Islands, New Zealand, etc., etc.