LAPLACE (Cyrille Pierre Théodore). Voyage around the world by the seas of India and China of the Corvette of His Majesty La Favorite carried out during the years 1830, 1831, 1832 under the command of M. Laplace... and published by order of M. the vice-admiral Cte de Rigny. Historical album engraved and published by the care and under the direction of Mr. de Sainson, draftsman of the astrolabe voyage. Paris : Arthus Bertrand, 1835. - Album in-folio, half havana calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (period binding). Historical album only, without the volumes of text nor the hydrographic atlas, of the account of the voyage around the world undertaken by the explorer Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace (1793-1875) from 1830 to 1834. It includes 72 black plates engraved with aquatint and printed on chine collé, after the drawings of Barthélémy Lauvergne (1805-1871), painter, draughtsman and lithographer of the French navy, Pâris, and Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887) under whose direction the edition was made. The title is illustrated with a woodcut vignette by Porret after Sainson. Binding very damaged, important lacks to the back. Good condition inside despite some foxing, however, only rarely affecting the China paper of the plates.