Lot n° 525
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
West Indies - Lot 525
West Indies
Du TERTRE (Jean-Baptiste)
Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les François. Paris, Jolly, 1667-71.
4 volumes in 3 volumes in-4: 11f. (including engraved false title), 593pp. (leaf C1 missing), (3); illustrated with 3 folding maps and 2 plates out of text / 8f. (including engraved false title), 539pp. illustrated with 12 plates out of text (including 10 folding plates) / 3f., 317pp., 4f. - 1f., 361pp, (6). Small traces and wormholes on a few leaves, one page with tear, pagination errors, angular light rings on a few leaves of volume III. Minor spotting in places.
Contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, headpieces torn off, jaws cracked, corners dull, small leather losses on edges and corners, red edges.
First French edition (Sabin VI, 21458).
Provenance: Ex-libris printed Desbarières on blue paper.
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