Author: Prévost, Robert Lade; Desbruslins
Title: Voyages Du Capitaine Robert Lade En Differentes Parties de L'Afrique, de L'Asie, Et de L'Amerique : Contenant L'Histoire de Sa Fortune Et de Ses Observations Sur Les Colonies & le Commerce Des Espagnols, Des Anglois, Des Hollandois, &C. , 2 Vols. , First Edition
Description: Paris,: Chez Didot, quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, A Paris, M. DCC. XLIV. [1744]. Titles printed in red and black, early ownership inscriptions on title, 2 folding engraved maps by N. Bellin, publisher's catalogue at end of volume 2, occasional spotting, later calf backed marbled boards, joints cracked, spine faded, 8vo, 10 x16.5cm.. 2 volumes ([2], xvi, 370 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates; [2], 360 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates) : 2 maps ..OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 166585625: "Avec approbation & privilege du roi." Attributed to l'abbé Prévost by Gove. The account is that of an imaginary voyage by one Robert Lade being an invention of the author Colophon, v. 2: De l'imprimerie de Cl. Simon, pere Map in v. 2 engraved by Desbruslins.. Compte-rendu d'un voyage imaginaire dont l'auteur supposé, Robert Lade, serait une création de l'auteur Antoine François Prévost. Cf. L.C.. [Sabin 38530; Leclere 315; Clark, Old South I, 110; Howes L11; Chadenat 1643; Gay 72; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 268; Howgego P33; Barbier IV, 1101]. .

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