Voyage a La Baie Botanique; Avec une Des…

One of the very earliest descriptions in French of Tench’s Narrative which contains the appearance of La Pérouse at Botany Bay in 1788.

Two French editions of Tench’s Narrative were published in 1789, no priority has been established which of the two was published first. The the other was published by Knapen fils. This Letellier edition is the more extended version, with an additional 85 page section describing the history of discovery entitled, “Récit historique de la découverte de la Nouvelle Hollande ….“.

Ferguson in entry 53, states that it contains a map, no map is called for in the index and all the majority of  copies that have appeared have not included a map. The map must be have been added later in the Ferguson copy.