Mémoire sur les Papous, les Tasmaniens, les Alfourous et les Australiens / par MM. Lesson et Garnot
- Bib ID:
- 7578516
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lesson, R. P. (René Primevère), 1794-1849, author
- Printer:
- Rue du Cloître-Saint-Benoît, no. 4 : Imprimerie de C. Thuau.
- Description:
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- A Paris : Chez Crochard, Libraire-Éditeur , 1827
- 34 pages ; 23 cm
- Biography/History:
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Lesson and Garnot were naturalists on the voyage of La Coquille commanded by Louis Isidore Duperrey between 1822 and 1825. Published two years following their return to France, this work reports on the indigenous people of New Guinea and includes detailed information on the Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania and Australia, in particular, Port Jackson, discussing the differences between tribes and languages. There is also reference to the zoologists Quoy and Gaimard and their observations and descriptions of the Papuans during their sojourn on the Uranie 1817-1820 commanded by Louis Freycinet. Lesson and Garnot also wrote, prepared, illustrated and produced the Zoologie sections of the report of Duperrey's expedition, which appeared in two volumes, accompanied by an illustrated atlas.
- Notes:
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- “Extrait des Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Journal Complémentaire des Annales de Chimie, et de tous les dictionnaires d'histoire naturelle qui ont paru jusq'a ce jour, compenant la physiologie animale et végetale, l'anatomie compareé des seux règnes, la zoologie, la botanique, la minéralogie et la gélogie par MM. Audouin, Ad. Brongniart et Dumas.” —Title page.
- “Lu à la Société d'histoire naturelle, le 23 juin 1826. Extrait des Annales des sciences nat[urelles], janvier 1826 [corrected to 1827].” —At head of text.
- National Library of Australia's SR 1083 copy is bound in tan leather, original paper wraps bound in, marbled endpapers, uncut, gilt titled boards, with the bookplate of the Western Australian anthropologist D'Arcy Ryan, inscribed “Perth 1968”. The SR 1237 copy (acquired 22 Jul 1953) has different wrappers with the article titles added in handwriting, as well as a pasted on reference to the original publication in vol. 10, p. 93 and p. 149, 1827. It is housed in a decorative box.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Mémoire sur les Papouas ou Papous
- Mémoire sur les Tasmaniens, sur les Alfourous et sur les Australiens
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2084 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2014
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1827
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