Live auction - Lot 91
[Voyage imaginaire & Utopie]
Les avantures de Jacques Sadeur dans la découverte et le voiage de la terre australe [...].
Paris, G. Cavelier, 1705
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
12mo: [16]-341-[3] pp. (some soilings).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (traces of use).
Utopia (1st ed.: 1676) relating the adventures of Jacques Sadeur, from his birth to his voyage to 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. Jules Rémy, i.e. the French naturalist and explorer (?) (ms. entry). - Ms. entry crossed out on title.