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[POLAR EXPLORATION]. PAGES, [Pierre Marie]. Voyages Autour du Monde, et Vers les Deux Poles, par Telle et par Mer? Berne and Lucerne: Jean-Pierre Heubach, 1783. 8vos. With 2 folding letterpress tables. 3 volumes bound in 1. Half-title for volume III, title-pages for all volumes. Modern half brown calf over marbled boards, spine tooled in black and gilt in compartments, five raised bands, 2 red gilt morocco lettering labels (minor occasional foxing in text). Bookplate of geologist William Herbert Hobbs on fp. Fine. SECOND EDITION OF HIS ACCOUNT OF AN UNSUCCESFUL EXPLORATION OF THE SOUTH POLE, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT WHALING. Measurements: 8 x 5 x 2?.