Voyage de la baye de Hudson. Fait en 1746 & 1747, pour la découverte du passage de Nord-Ouest [...]. Traduit de l'anglois [...].

Paris, A. Boudet, 1749

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2 vol., 12mo: [4]-lvi-182-[4], [4]-319 pp.; 11 pl. (sl. foxing, occ. soiling, esp. on p. 1 of vol. I sl., marg. ink stain on p. 189 vol. II).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (occ. sm traces of use).

First French translation by the physicist and naturalist Gottfried Sellius († 1767) of a voyage in search of the Northwest Passage (1st London, 1748). Illustrated with a fold. map and 10 fold. plates representing indigenous people, birds, everyday life scenes, etc. By the Irish explorator Ellis (1721-1806), governor of the colonies of Georgia and Nova Scotia.
Ref. Sabin 22313. - Leclerc 717. - Chadenat 568, 1098, 1600, 3740, 5362, 6270 and 6990.