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Voyage Du Capitaine Robert Lade En Differentes Parties De L'Afrique, De L'Asie Et De L'Amerique: Contenant L'Histoire De La Fortune & Les Observations Sur Les Colonies & Le Commerce Des Espagnols, Des Anglois, Des Hollandois, &c. Deux Tomes.
by Lade, Capitaine Robert ; Abbe Prevost
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Paris, France: Chez Didot. Good. 1744. First Edition. Full-Leather. "Voyages of Captain Robert Lade...." in French. Complete set of both volumes. Full 5 band leather with gilt decoration on spines and edges bright. Rubbed corners, edges, and bands with a few scuffs on boards. Volume II is slightly more worn with chips on head of spine, two small holes in rear joint leather, and dent on the rear top edge. Binding tight. All edges red with marbled endpapers. Free endpapers toned and foxed. Foxing on a few text pages. Title pages are printed in red and black, with a seal stamp in German on both. Both folding maps present. Map in Volume I has a glue repair and soil spots, with Volume II map in very good condition. 360 pages and 400 pages, with last page of Volume II misprinted as 360. Supposedly an account of Capitan Robert Lade's voyages all over the world, translated from the English. Lade was a fictitious character and the book is ascribed to French author Abbe Prevost, possibly drawing material from several legitimate sources. From Howes L 11: "Contains a long account of affairs in the infant colony of Georgia, probably translated from some English work." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 760 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008842
- Title
- Voyage Du Capitaine Robert Lade En Differentes Parties De L'Afrique, De L'Asie Et De L'Amerique: Contenant L'Histoire De La Fortune & Les Observations Sur Les Colonies & Le Commerce Des Espagnols, Des Anglois, Des Hollandois, &c. Deux Tomes.
- Author
- Lade, Capitaine Robert ; Abbe Prevost
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1744
- Keywords
- Abbe Prevost, Captain Robert Lade, Fake Historical Accounts, Georgia Colony
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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