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la Veuve de Paul Marret

la Veuve de Paul Marret

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  1. Nouveau voyage autour du monde. Où l'on décrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique, plusieurs Côtes & Isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le passage par la Terre del Fuego, les Côtes Meridionales du Chili, du Perou, & du Mexique; l'Isle de Guam, Mindanao, & des autres Philippines; les Isles Orientales qui sont près de Cambodie, de la Chine, Formosa, Luçon, Celebes, &c. la Nouvelle Hollande, les Isles de Sumatra, de Nicobar, de sainte Helene, & la Cap de Bonne-Esperance. Où l'on traite des differens Terroirs de tous ces Pays, de leurs Ports, des Plantes, des Fruits, & des Animaux qu'on y trouve : De leurs Habitans, de leurs Coûtumes, de leur Religion, de leur Gouvernement, de leur Négoce, &c
    William DAMPIER
    Nouveau voyage autour du monde. Où l'on décrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique, plusieurs Côtes & Isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le passage par la Terre del Fuego, les Côtes Meridionales du Chili, du Perou, & du Mexique; l'Isle de Guam, Mindanao, & des autres Philippines; les Isles Orientales qui sont près de Cambodie, de la Chine, Formosa, Luçon, Celebes, &c. la Nouvelle Hollande, les Isles de Sumatra, de Nicobar, de sainte Helene, & la Cap de Bonne-Esperance. Où l'on traite des differens Terroirs de tous ces Pays, de leurs Ports, des Plantes, des Fruits, & des Animaux qu'on y trouve : De leurs Habitans, de leurs Coûtumes, de leur Religion, de leur Gouvernement, de leur Négoce, &c[A New Voyage Round the World. Containing in particular a description of the Isthmus of America, several Coasts and Islands of the West Indies, the Cape Verde Islands, the passage by Tierra del Fuego, the Southern Coasts of Chile, Peru, and Mexico; the Island of Guam, Mindanao, and the other Philippine Islands; the Eastern Islands near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luzon, Celebes, &c.; New Holland, the Islands of Sumatra, Nicobar, St. Helena, and the Cape of Good Hope. Together with an account of the various soils of all these countries, their harbours, the plants, fruits, and animals to be found there; their inhabitants, their customs, religion, government, and commerce, &c]
    Jean-Baptiste Machuel le Jeune • la Veuve de Paul Marret|Rouen • Amsterdam 1711 pour le tome II &1715 pourles tomes I, III, IV & V|9.5 x 16.8 cm|Relié

    New edition illustrated with 66 plates and maps printed outside the text, most of them folding: 3 frontispieces, 39 plates and 24 maps, including a world map and charts of the various islands, some printed with coastal profiles, as well as views of ports (Manila, Bahia, Scio), of islands (the Canaries, Cape Verde), monuments, a shipwreck, battle scenes, indigenous peoples, flora (apricot, cocoa), and fauna (birds, fish), together with a curious depiction of the “hippopotamus or sea-horse” (vol. 3, p. 361).

    Cf. Sabin, 18382. Borba de Moraes, I, 243-244. Leclerc (1867), 416. Cordier, Bibl. Indosinica, 1459-1460. Boucher de La Richarderie, I, 121-122. Hoefer, XII, 881-885.

    Contemporary full blond calf, spines with five raised bands ruled in gilt and richly decorated gilt panels, red morocco lettering-pieces and morocco volume labels in bronze or brown, gilt rolls to the caps, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets to board edges.

    Some restorations to the spines, which show slight differences in their tooling; a few scuffs to the boards and two softened corners.

     

    €3,800
  2. Voyage autour du Monde, commencé en 1708 & fini en 1711 par le Capitaine Woodes Rogers
    Woodes ROGERS
    Voyage autour du Monde, commencé en 1708 & fini en 1711 par le Capitaine Woodes RogersA Cruising Voyage Round the World
    Chez la Veuve de Paul Marret|à Amsterdam 1716|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Voyage autour du Monde, commencé en 1708 & fini en 1711 par le Capitaine Woodes Rogers [A Cruising Voyage Round the World]
    Chez la Veuve de Paul Marret, à Amsterdam 1716, 12° (9,5x16,5cm), (10 p.) 415 pp. (29 p.) and (2 p.) 162 pp. (2 p.) 255 pp. (24 p.), 2 volumes, full brown roan.
    First edition of the French translation. First published in English in 1712 under the title A cruising voyage round the world. Illustrated with 2 engraved titles, 14 engraved plates and 7 maps including 2 large format (Paraguay and Chile - mainland Peru and Brazil and the Land of the Amazons) and a world map.
    Bound in full brown sprinkled calf, spine elaborately gilt, gilt roulettes on the edges, all red speckled edges. Expertly restored (corners, upper and lower part of joints). Two small restored tears on the world map, not affecting the image.
    Ex-libris in ink "Sr Remy" to the upper left margin of the title-page.
    A tear to the world map, not affecting the engraving.
    The book that brought fame to Alexander Selkirk and inspired the character of Robinson Crusoe.
    English captain and privateer Woodes Rogers undertook his "Voyage Around the World" between 1708 and 1711 at the request of buccaneer William Dampier during the War of the Spanish Succession. This account written on his return narrates the many difficulties encountered by the fleet: desertions, mutinies, scurvy epidemic...
    Especially contains the rescue of Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, after being marooned on the island of Más a Tierra in the Juan Fernández archipelago, more than six hundred kilometers from the Chilean coast. His ship stopped on this island to resupply with wood and water before returning to England after several failed attacks against Spanish fleet and cities in South America. Selkirk pointed out that the damaged ship needed to be refitted or it would likely sink. The captain refused and left the Scotsman on the deserted island. By the time Selkirk realized the absurdity and danger of his decision to stay there, it was too late, and the ship had already weighed anchor. Ironically, the ship later sunk, drowning half the crew. Four years and four months later, on February 2, 1709, Rogers and his crew landed on the island and met this "a Man cloth'd in goat skins, who look'd wilder than the first owners of them”. An engraving in our copy illustrates this chance encounter: "He had with him his clothes and bedding, with a firelock, some powder, bullets, and tobacco, a hatchet, a knife, a kettle, a bible, some practical pieces, and his mathematical instruments and books. He diverted and provided for himself as well as he could; but for the first eight months had much ado to bear up against Melancholy, and the Terror of being left alone in such a desolate place. He built two hutts cover'd them with long grass, and lin'd them with the skins of soats, which he kill'd with his gun as he wanted, so long as his powder lasted […] At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seem'd to speak his words by halves”. Captain William Dampier who was there during Selkirk's abandonment, encouraged Rogers to hire him as foreman and the unfortunate Scot returned to England with them.
    Rogers' account was a great popular success, mainly thanks to Selkirk's recue story. A close friend of Rogers, author Daniel De Foe used this incredible story and extended Robinson's stay on a desert island to twenty-eight years. His novel published in 1719 was a huge bestseller and remains one of the greatest works of literature to this day.
    €2,500
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