GEORGE ANSON (1697-1762) LOUIS-PHILIPPE IER (1773-1850) Journey around the World made in the years MDCCXL, l, II, III, IV.

Amsterdam and Leipzig - Arkstée and Merkus, 1751 1 volume in4, 330 pages 25 x 20,5 x 4,5 cm Bound in contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, havana title page, red edges. Complete with 35 maps and views. A fine and unique copy. Copy from the Library of King Louis Philippe at the Palais Royal (stamp). Joint An Autograph Letter Signed “L.P. d'Orléans” to "Mon Cher Abbé", Neuilly 16th June 1820 He wants to tell him how distressed he is by the "cruel and unexpected loss" he has just suffered. 20 x 13 cm Journey around the world, made in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by George Anson, presently Lord Anson, commander in chief of a squadron sent by his British majesty in the South Sea. Taken from the journals & other papers of this Lord, & published by Richard Walter, Master of Arts & Chaplain to the Centurion on this Expedition. Decorated with maps and figures in intaglio. Translated from the English. New edition. Amsterdam & Leipzig, Chez Arkstee & Merkus, MDCCLI. George Anson (1697-1762), 1st Baron Anson British naval officer, explorer and aristocrat of the 17th and 18th centuries. Louis-Philippe I (1773-1850), King of the French (1830-1848) The eldest child of the Orléans family at the end of the Ancien Régime and the first prince of the blood, Louis-Philippe, Duke of Valois, Chartres and then Orléans, succeeded his cousin Charles X, the last reigning sovereign of the eldest branch of the Bourbons, to the French throne.