French naval surgeon, early 19th century

Voyage sur la corvette l'Oreste' au nord de l'Espagne. Seconde campagne aux Indes Orientales sur la frégate 'La Vénus', et retour en Europe sur le parlementaire 'Le Généreux', années 1808, 9, 10 et 11. Croisière de la frégate 'La Gloire', aux Açores et aux Antilles, voyages en Angleterre, à Anvers, à Riga, et à la Nouvelle Orléans, pendant les annèes 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815 et 1816 (Incomplete). Illustrated with three inserted maps, one folding, and eleven plates of smaller format (18 x 10½ cm.) in water-colour, mostly of scenes and natives in Madagascar. The account of the voyage in 1811 on board 'Le Généreux', where he served as 'Second Chirurgien', is in verse, with title 'Le cartel d'échange: pöeme burlesque en six chants' (pp. 171-202). The work appears to be incomplete at the end. The account of New Orleans and Louisiana is unfinished, and the last leaf, now inserted at the end of the text, was clearly part of the now missing section.

1808-1816

1 volume 3 ll. (first 2 bl.). + 266 pp. + 1 l. 8vo. 20 x 121/2 cm. Original paper covers. Last leaf frayed in the margins.

Purchased 1928.

The author was `Chirurgien en chef sur la corvette l'Oreste' in 1808, and in 1812 `Chirurgien en chef du 84me Equipage de Haut-`bord' on `La Gloire'. From the Berhard II Collection.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Watercolour of hut of inhabitants of place near Tapanouli (Indonesia) (between pp 138-9), Wellcome Images ref L0049842; watercolour of hut on island of Car Nicobar, Indian Ocean (between pp 98-9), Wellcome Images ref L0049843; watercolour of town on island of Car Nicobar, Indian Ocean (between pp. 94-5), Wellcome Images ref L0049844; watercolour of a native of Madagascar (between pp 80-1), Wellcome Images ref L0049845