614
Jean Baptiste Labat
Reisen nach Westindien, 7 Bde. 1782. [12]
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,112 (incl. surcharge)
Sabin 38416 - Engelmann I, 194. - Fromm 13529. - NBG XXVIII, 334. - First German edition (first edition in 1722). - Extensive report of a stay in the Caribbean of the French Dominican and missionary Jean Baptiste Labat from 1693-1705. Mainly describing the Lesser Antilles with the larger islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in terms of their inhabitants, geography, zoology and botany. - The plates mostly with depictions of animals and plants, the maps showing the Caribbean, Gouadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christoph. - Clean copy.
First German edition. 4 engr. folding maps and 70 engr. plates (11 folding). Modern half calf. - Clean copy.
614
Jean Baptiste Labat
Reisen nach Westindien, 7 Bde. 1782. [12]
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,112 (incl. surcharge)