FLEURIEUX (Charles-Pierre de). Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud... Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1773. 2 vols. in-4, [2] ff, LXXX + 804 pp, V folded plates & [2] ff, 622 + XL pp, 1 folded plate, 5 folded tables, contemporary binding in marbled fawn calf, spines decorated with gilt motifs.
First edition illustrated with 5 beautiful engraved maps and one engraved plate.
A good copy. Old signature on verso of first flyleaf.
Binding rubbed. Corners and spine ends worn, spine ends cracked.
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