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Author: Lafitau, Joseph-François
Title: Histoire Des Découvertes Et Conquestes Des Portugais Dans le Nouveau Monde, Avec Des Figures En Tailledouce. [Two Volumes]
Description: Paris, chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavée, à la Fleur de Lis. Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, imprimeur du Roi, rue S. Jacques, à la Bible d'Or, 1733. First edition. Modern full speckled calf to style, five raised bands, red morocco labels, gilt rules and titles. [8], xxiv, 616, [47], [1] pp; [2], 693, [89], [2] pp. Illus. with 14 engraved plates (including frontis, 1 folding) and 1 folding map. 4to. A history of the Portuguese explorations of the 15th and 16th centuries. The world map delineates the voyages of Vasco da Gama, Cabral, and Magellan. Though best known for his 'MÅ“urs des sauvages amériquains,' Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), a Jesuit missionary and discoverer of ginseng in North America, also wrote this two volume history which "is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles, he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed, such as he had reported in the 'MÅ“urs'; from them, understood only, he says, in the original languages of the people who practice them, he builds his 'system' or philosophy of history, and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history, or ecology," William N. Fenton, 'Lafitau, Joseph-François.' in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3. Sabin 38591. European Americana 733/146. Borba de Moraes I: p. 386. Sommervogel IV, 1363. Graesse IV: 71. Brunet III: 14. A very good copy, small repair to title page on volume I, some occasional browning, a few tiny marginal worm holes and a few small marginal chips, text and plates sharp, in a fine period-style binding.
Keywords: , Latin America, Exploration & Travel, Asia, Portuguese, Portugal Africa, Book Latin America Exploration & Travel
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Title: Histoire Des Découvertes Et Conquestes Des Portugais Dans le Nouveau Monde, Avec Des Figures En Tailledouce. [Two Volumes]
Description: Paris, chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavée, à la Fleur de Lis. Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, imprimeur du Roi, rue S. Jacques, à la Bible d'Or, 1733. First edition. Modern full speckled calf to style, five raised bands, red morocco labels, gilt rules and titles. [8], xxiv, 616, [47], [1] pp; [2], 693, [89], [2] pp. Illus. with 14 engraved plates (including frontis, 1 folding) and 1 folding map. 4to. A history of the Portuguese explorations of the 15th and 16th centuries. The world map delineates the voyages of Vasco da Gama, Cabral, and Magellan. Though best known for his 'MÅ“urs des sauvages amériquains,' Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), a Jesuit missionary and discoverer of ginseng in North America, also wrote this two volume history which "is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles, he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed, such as he had reported in the 'MÅ“urs'; from them, understood only, he says, in the original languages of the people who practice them, he builds his 'system' or philosophy of history, and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history, or ecology," William N. Fenton, 'Lafitau, Joseph-François.' in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3. Sabin 38591. European Americana 733/146. Borba de Moraes I: p. 386. Sommervogel IV, 1363. Graesse IV: 71. Brunet III: 14. A very good copy, small repair to title page on volume I, some occasional browning, a few tiny marginal worm holes and a few small marginal chips, text and plates sharp, in a fine period-style binding.
Keywords: , Latin America, Exploration & Travel, Asia, Portuguese, Portugal Africa, Book Latin America Exploration & Travel
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- Book number: 40250
- Book number: 40250
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