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OEXMELIN (Alexandre Olivier):
History of the buccaneer adventurers who distinguished themselves in the Indies. Containing an account of their remarkable deeds, together with the lives, manners and customs of the buccaneers, and of the inhabitants of Saint-Domingue and Tortuga; an accurate description of these places, and an account of the ecclesiastical and secular offices, and of the holdings there of the great princes of Europe. The whole enriched with maps and engravings.
Trevoux. Published by the Company, 1775.
4 volumes in-12°. Full contemporary binding in fawn sheepskin, worn. Ribbed spine, decorated with gilt metalwork and fleurons. Leather missing in places. Usual wear to the top and bottom edges. Corners worn.
Worn copies.
Volume I: 10 unnumbered pages for the Preface, 394 pages and one unnumbered page for the list of governors of Saint-Domingue. Frontispiece, 3 engravings and 2 fold-out maps.
Volume II: 428 pages, 2 fold-out maps.
Volume III: 347 pages.
Volume IV: Lx, 355 pp. and 3 unnumbered pages for the Table of Contents.
See original version (French)
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