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ARTCURIAL - Toulouse Jean Louis Vedovato - Me Jean-Louis Vedovato
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BOUGAINVILLE (Jean-Pierre de). A COMPARISON OF ALEXANDER’S E…
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BOUGAINVILLE (Jean-Pierre de). A COMPARISON OF ALEXANDER’S E…
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Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
BOUGAINVILLE (Jean-Pierre de). A COMPARISON OF ALEXANDER’S EXPEDITION TO THE INDIES with the conquest of the same regions by Tahmas-Kouli-Khan. No place, no publisher, 1752. 12mo, marbled fawn calfskin, with triple gilt fillet framing on the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt title running lengthwise, gilt edges (contemporary binding); 141 pp. A small tear to the upper cap, 3 corners worn. FIRST EDITION of this rare work written by Jean-Pierre de BOUGAINVILLE (1722–1763), elder brother of the famous explorer. COPY belonging to Charles Marie de LA CONDAMINE (1701–1774), an 18th-century explorer, scientist, astronomer and encyclopaedist, bearing his ex-libris stamp in red ink in the margin of the title page. A BEAUTIFUL COPY, well bound.
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