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DE LA ROQUETTE, M [Jean Bernard Marie Alexandre Dezos] (1784-1868). Notice Biographique sur l'Amiral Sir John Franklin… [Paris: L. Martinet, ca. 1857]. 4to. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, facsimile of ms. 67 pp. Approximately 10 ½ x 8". Text in French. Original printed wrappers bound in modern full burgundy cloth, front board lettered in gilt (wrappers worn, toned, soiled, wrappers with tape repairs and restoration, text toned, occasionally foxed). Good. THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LORD ELLESMERE, INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT WRAPPER: “Lord Ellesmere hommage de l'author". Not in Arctic Bibliography.