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Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales; contenant une relation des differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi [...]. Seconde édition.
Paris, Le Jay, 1768
€ 300 / 400
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Beschrijving lot
2 parts in 1 vol., 12mo: [4 incl. front.]-xx-244-[6 incl. front.]-264 pp.; 2 pl. (occ. spotting, some red spots on verso last f.).
Contemp. red morocco, triple gilt fillets on boards, gilt-orn. flat spine with green leather label, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. (coat of arms (?) removed and repaired on boards, spine and corners very lightly rubbed).
Second ed. (same year as 1st) of this collection of 22 letters by Bossu (1720-1792) describing his travels from 1751 to 1762. Ill. with 4 engr. plates: 2 front. and 2 pl. by C. Beurlier after Aubin depicting local people. Woodcut portraits on titles.
Ref. Sabin 6465. - Cp. Chadenat 23.
Prov. Count Frédéric de Pourtalès (arm. bookpl.).