Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde : fait par ordre du roi, à l'occasion du passage de Vénus, sur le disque de soleil, le 6 juin 1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769 - Le Gentil de la Galaisière, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste, 1725-1792.; Imprimerie royale (France) (Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, 1779)
Pagination: volume 1, xvj, 707, [1], xiij, [3] p., 13 folded leaves of plates (87 and 439 misnumbered 85 and 349); volume 2, xvj, 844, xvj, [4] p., 14 folded leaves of plates.
Includes indexes.
Title vignettes; head- and tailpieces
Errata at end of each volume.
Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)
Brunet
Keywords: Voyages and travels; Religion; Monsoons; Manners and customs; Hindu astronomy; Discoveries in geography; Astronomy; Monsoons -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy -- Observations; Hindu astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.; Philippines; Madagascar; Indian Ocean; India; Inde -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages avant 1800.; Philippines -- Descriptions et voyages -- Ouvrages avant 1800.; Madagascar -- Early works to 1800.; Philippines -- Early works to 1800.; India -- Religion -- Early works to 1800.; India -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.; Indian Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.; Observations; Early works; Engravings -- France -- 18th century