J.-B. Charcot - Le "Français" au Pôle Sud

Preface by Admiral Fournier. Paris, Flammarion, s.d. [1906]. Grand in-8, demi chagrin vert, dos orné, couverture illustrée. Original edition of the account of the first Antarctic expedition led by Charcot in 1903-1906 aboard the schooner Le Français. It is adorned with 300 photographic illustrations in the text and on full page, and with a folding map of the coasts explored by the expedition. Charming three-tone (black, white and gray) illustrated cover, depicting mainly penguins and seals on the ice floe.

Estimation:€150

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