La Revanche de la Banquise

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2001
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Duc d’Orléans
Title
La Revanche de la Banquise
Original title
La Revanche de la Banquise
Writer
Duc d’Orléans
Statement of responsibility
Par le Duc d’Orléans
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Librairie Plon
Printer
Plon-Nourrit et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs
Date
1909
Edition
Original French edition from the early twentieth century
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Librairie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1909
Original language
French
Language
French
Tirage
Not identified
2. Physical description
Collation
285 pages, scientific appendices and photographic plates
Illustrations
Numerous photographs and documentary plates of the polar expedition
Format
Large octavo
Dimensions
Approximately 28 cm
Paper type
Early twentieth-century coated industrial paper; visible oxidation and foxing
Printing condition
Early twentieth-century French typography; clean printing; title page printed in two colours
3. Binding
Binding type
Contemporary half-leather binding with corners
Colours
Burgundy and red
Decoration
Gilt tools on spine; decorative raised bands; red cloth boards
Spine
Burgundy half leather with gilt titles and ornamentation; slight rubbing from use
4. Content
Content description
Account of the polar expedition carried out in the Kara Sea during the summer of 1907; includes scientific, meteorological and natural history observations together with abundant photographic reproductions of the expedition
Chapters
Covers the stages of the polar journey, scientific observations and Arctic navigation conditions
Subject matter
Arctic polar exploration; scientific expeditions; polar navigation; travel literature
Notable illustrations
Documentary photographs and scientific plates from the expedition
5. General notes
Note 1
Representative work of early twentieth-century French polar exploration
Note 2
Contains numerous photographs and documentary plates of scientific interest
Note 3
Preserves decorative contemporary binding
Note 4
Copy of interest for collectors of travel, navigation and polar literature
Note 5
Publication related to French Arctic expeditions of the early twentieth century
6. Subjects
Main subject
Arctic polar exploration
Subsubjects
Kara Sea; scientific expeditions; polar meteorology; Arctic navigation; travel literature; French exploration
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
2001
Condition
Good; solid structure; abundant foxing and moderate wear from use
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Preserves photographic illustrations, frontispiece and decorative contemporary binding