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64 - LAFITAU, Joseph François.
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Estimate €300 - €400
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LAFITAU, Joseph François. History of the Portuguese Discoveries and Conquests in the New World. Paris, Saugrain père; Jean Baptiste Coignard Fils, 1734. 4 volumes in-12. 19th-century fawn half-basane, spines ribbed and edged with gilt fillets, gilt title and volume numbers, marbled edges (spines slightly faded, 2 small stains on the spines of vols. 1 and 4, corners rubbed, interior in good condition, missing the frontispiece). A fine copy. Illustrated with a world map tracing the voyages of Vasco da Gama, Cabral and Magellan, and 14 folding plates including views of Lisbon, Aden, Cochin, Goa, Cananor, Daman, Malacca, Mozambique… First in-12 edition, published a year after the in-4 edition. With the same text and the same engravings. Joseph-François Lafitau (1681–1746) studied the Portuguese conquests undertaken between 1412 and 1581 in Africa, India, China, Japan and the Americas. A traveller himself, he lived for five years in Canada, where he studied the customs of the Iroquois. On his return to Paris, he became Procurator of the Missions in Canada. Sabin, 38591. Chadenat, 4903, “An important and highly regarded work, illustrated with plates and maps”.
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