Online auction - Lot 349
[Utopia]
Les avantures de Jacques Sadeur dans la decouverte et le voiage de la terre australe [...].
Paris, J. J. Nion, 1705
Starting bid: €
60
€ 80 / 100
Bidding via DrouotLot description
12mo: [16]-341-[3] pp. (occ. foxing, scattered stains, one marg.).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (sl. rubbed, head and tail missing, one corner bumped).
Utopia (1st 1676) relating the imiginary adventures of Jacques Sadeur through the "Terra Australis" where he stayed for over 35 years before being thrown out by the inhabitants. Foigny is the first to use the word "Australiens".
Prov. Contemp. ms. entry.