PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph or Dom PERNETY (1716-96). The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands. [etc.]

PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph or Dom PERNETY (1716-96).  The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, Made in 1763 and 1764, under the Command of M. de Bougainville, in Order to form a Settlement there: and of Two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an Account of the Patagonians. Translated from Dom Pernety’s Historical Journal, written in French … The Second Edition. London: printed for William Goldsmith & David Steel, 1773. 4to (261 x 200mm). 16 engraved plates and maps, including 7 folding (variable mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece, extremities rubbed, some heavy scuffing). Provenance: Auchincruive (label and old signature of Richard Alexander Oswald Auchincruive at head of preface); Jorge Skinner-Klée (armorial bookplate). Not in Brunet; Hill p. 1328; Palau 22256; Sabin 6870; Spence 907. With William Clayton’s An Account of Falkland Islands[sic] ([London], 1775, pp. 99-108, extracted from “The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society”, modern calf-backed marbled paper boards) and Don A. de Cordova’s A Voyage of Discovery to the Strait of Magellan: with an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; and of the Natural Productions of Patagonia … Translated from the Spanish (London, [1820], modern half calf). Provenance: from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). (3)