Pierre BARRÈRE
Nouvelle relation de la France équinoxiale, contenant la description des côtes de la Guiane ; de l'Isle de Cayenne ; le commerce de cette colonie ; les divers changemens arrivés dans ce pays ; & les moeurs & coûtumes des différens peuples sauvages qui l'habitent. Avec des figures dessinées sur les lieux[New Relation of Equinoctial France]
Piget • Damonneville • Durand|Paris 1743|9.5 x 16.9 cm|Relié
Rare first edition of this "relation (...) much sought after for its accuracy", illustrated with 19 folding plates, including 2 maps (cf. Sabin 3604, Leclerc 119).
Full marbled tan calf binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt compartments decorated with gilt floral motifs, small chip at foot of spine, scuffing to covers, red edges, bumped corners, gilt fillets along the board edges, contemporary binding.
The author, a physician and botanist born in Perpignan in 1690—where he held a post at the military hospital—was introduced by Antoine de Jussieu to the Conseil de la Marine in August 1721 and appointed royal physician and botanist in French Guiana. He landed in C
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