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CHABERT (Joseph Bernard) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1753.
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CHABERT (Joseph Bernard) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1753.
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHABERT (Joseph Bernard)
Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1753.
Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1750 et 175, dans l'Amérique septentrionale.
In-4 (27 × 20.7 cm), partly uncut, bradel green paper boards, title in pen on spine (contemporary boards).
First edition of this major scientific voyage, undertaken to survey the coastline of Acadia.
It is illustrated with 6 maps, 1 plate and 1 table. Chabert later took part in the American War of Independence.
Provenance
Bibliothèque de l'imprimerie nationale, with stamp.
Bibliography
Sabin, no. 11723. John Carter Brown, III, 995. Lande 114. Leclerc, no. 691.
See original version (French)
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