PELTIER, LOUIS. Voyage de Louis Peltier par Terre et par Mer. Comprenant le recit de son voyage a la pˆche a la baleine et de ses excur-sions en Afrique. 64 pages. Errata slip mounted inside rear wrapper. Small 8vo, original wrappers, fragile, soiled

PELTIER, LOUIS. Voyage de Louis Peltier par Terre et par Mer. Comprenant le recit de son voyage a la pˆche a la baleine et de ses excur-sions en Afrique. 64 pages. Errata slip mounted inside rear wrapper. Small 8vo, original wrappers, fragile, soiled and slightly chipped, spine partly separated; some fingersoiling. Quebec: au Bureaude "La Reforme," 1862 E500-750 SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Interesting account by a French Canadian typesetter-turned-sailor of his experiences during an 8-month voyage to the south Atlantic on the Boston whaler Clay in 1835-36, followed by extended stays in Capetown and Stellenbosch; he returned to Canada in 1837. Gagnon 2662; Mendelssohn III, 645.