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REIS-BESCHRYVING DOOR DE ZUID-ZEE, LANGS DE KUSTEN VAN CHILI, PERU EN BRAZIL OPGESTELT OP EENE REISTOCHT GEDAAN IN DE JAREN 1712, 1713, EN 1714. NEVENS EENE BESCHRYVINGE VAN DE REGERINGE DER YNCAS, KONINGEN VAN PERU
by FREZIER, M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Pale marginal dampstain affecting some pages but generally very clean and bright, the binding Fine housed in a Very Good marbled
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: R & G Wetstein, 1718. First Dutch Edition. Hardcover. Pale marginal dampstain affecting some pages but generally very clean and bright, the binding Fine housed in a Very Good marbled paper slipcase. Small quarto (6" x 7-5/8") bound in modern half green morocco leather and paper patterned boards with matching morocco corners and a heavily gilt-decorated spine with four raised bands and a gilt-lettered blue morocco label, top edge gilt; (16), 406, (9) pages. First published in French in 1716, this edition includes information about the Jesuit activities in Paraguay not published previously. Illustrated with 37 maps, city plans, plates of natives, and natural history specimens, many folding, including Plate 9 which depicts the Chilean game of La Sueca and which is widely regarded as one of the earliest printed depictions of a form of golf.
Borba de Moraes p. 329; Hill, page 115 (1716 edition); Sabin 25927; Tiele 361.
Borba de Moraes p. 329; Hill, page 115 (1716 edition); Sabin 25927; Tiele 361.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018449
- Title
- REIS-BESCHRYVING DOOR DE ZUID-ZEE, LANGS DE KUSTEN VAN CHILI, PERU EN BRAZIL OPGESTELT OP EENE REISTOCHT GEDAAN IN DE JAREN 1712, 1713, EN 1714. NEVENS EENE BESCHRYVINGE VAN DE REGERINGE DER YNCAS, KONINGEN VAN PERU
- Author
- FREZIER, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Pale marginal dampstain affecting some pages but generally very clean and bright, the binding Fine housed in a Very Good marbled
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Dutch Edition
- Publisher
- R & G Wetstein
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1718
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Golf, French, Peru, Early Printed Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Travel; Maps; South America;
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Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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