Voyages dans la Mer du Sud, par les Espagnols et les Hollandois Taduit de l'anglois

Dalrymple, Alexander (1737-1808)

Verlag: Paris Saillant & Nyon and Pissot 1774, 1774

Beschreibung

xiv,(2),502,(2) pp. Octavo (20.3 X 13.3 cm.) Bound in original full cats paw calf. Spine ruled in six compartments. Five raised bands. Center tools. Original plain endpapers. Boards very slight worn. Red morocco label on spine. Half title. Three folding charts by Robert de Vaugondy and engraved by E. Dussyat at the rear. Edges toned light blue. A bit of light staining on the title page otherwise a fine fresh copy in the original binding. First French edition. Sabin 18334 Hill p 392. This is an abridged French translation of An Historical collection of the several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean by Anne Francois Joachim de Freville. This includes Dalrymple's critical comments on Hawksworth which was originally published in a quarto pamphlet in London in 1773. Hawkworth replied to Dalrymple in the preface of the Second edition of his book. Very scarce especially in this condition. From the Library of Ann Shirley note polar historian. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 142781

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Titel: Voyages dans la Mer du Sud, par les ...

Verlag: Paris Saillant & Nyon and Pissot 1774

Erscheinungsdatum: 1774

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage