DUMONT D'URVILLE (Jules). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Paris: Gide et Cie, 1846. - 4 atlas volumes, folio, 535 x 375. Grey half cloth with corners, smooth spine (later binding). First edition of two of the large atlases illustrating Dumont d'Urville's Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania. The report of this voyage was published from 1842 to 1856, including several large atlases. These four volumes include the Atlas pittoresque illustrating the History of the voyage, as well as plates dedicated to zoology, botany and anthropology. However, there are no plates for the sections on geology and hydrography. Includes: - Atlas pittoresque. Paris : Gide, 1846. I. Lithographed title, 98 of 100 plates (lacking 6 and 34), 4 maps. II. Lithographed title, 98 plates, 5 maps. Complete - Anthropology and Zoology. Without titles and tables: I - Anthropology: 45 of 50 plates (lacking plates 23 and 24 and 3 copper engravings); Mammals: 27 of 34 plates (lacking plates 1, 3, 7, 8, 10b, 11 and 12); Birds: 31 of 37 plates (lacking plates 5, 6, 7, 29 and 34 to 37). II - Saurians: 6 of 7 plates (plate 1 missing); Ophidians: 2 of 6 plates (plates 2, 3, 4 and 5 missing); Coleopteran insects: 19 plates; Orthopteran insects: 3 plates; Fish: 5 plates; Crustaceans: 8 plates; Molluscs: 2 of 7 plates (plates 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 are missing); Cryptogams: 20 plates; Monocotyledonous cryptogams: 6 plates; Monocotyledonous phanerogams: 5 plates; Dicotyledonous phanerogams: 21 of 24 plates (plates 6, 17, 18 are missing). In all, there are 396 plates and 9 maps. Many are on China paper, and most of the zoology plates are in color. Spines damaged. Freckling and several plates browned. Jointly 12 of 23 text volumes: - Histoire du voyage. Paris: Gide, 1842-1845. - 7 of 10 volumes, lacking volumes 2, part 2, and 3. - Physique. Paris: Gide, 1842. - 1 volume in-8. - Hydrographie. Paris: Gide, 1843. - 1 in-8 volume of 2, missing 2. - Botany. Paris: Gide et Cie, 1845. - 1 of 2 volumes, 2 missing. - Zoologie. Paris: Gide et Cie, 1846. - 2 of 5 volumes, missing 3, 4 and 5. Missing are the two volumes Géologie, minéralogie et géographie physique by Grange and the volume Anthropologie by Dumoutier. These text volumes are in the publisher's printed boards, with the exception of volumes 4 and 5 of the Histoire du voyage in full modern blue cloth. Some wear to boards, some spines missing, corners dulled. Some foxing.