François Péron : an impetuous life : naturalist and voyager

Carlton, Vic. : The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Series: Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; Number 75. Octavo (240 x 160 mm), publisher’s cloth over boards in pictorial dust jacket, xxiii, 349 pp., plus 16 unnumbered pages of plates; maps; a very fine copy of this now scarce book.

‘Presents a balanced assessment of the difficult relationship between Péron and Baudin, and analyses the conduct of science during some of the most turbulent years in French history.’ (NLA)