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Auction archive: Lot number 104

FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773) A Voyage to the South-S...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,500
Auction archive: Lot number 104

FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773) A Voyage to the South-S...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,500
Beschreibung:

FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 . London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717.
FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 . London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717. 4 o (234 x 180 mm). Title printed in red and black. 37 engraved maps and views (18 folding) (some occasional minor offsetting, title-page offset onto frontispiece plate). Modern calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, and preferable to the French original "because it contains Halley's.... postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frzier" (Hill). "The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn... The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru, describing the chief towns and cities. Frézier, a man of observation, brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants... Frézier introduced to France, from Chile, the ancestor of the modern strawberry" (Hill). Alden & Landis 717/66; Borba de Moraes I:329; Hill 654; Nissen ZBI 1433; Sabin 25926; Spence 482.

Auction archive: Lot number 104
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
5 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 . London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717.
FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 . London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717. 4 o (234 x 180 mm). Title printed in red and black. 37 engraved maps and views (18 folding) (some occasional minor offsetting, title-page offset onto frontispiece plate). Modern calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, and preferable to the French original "because it contains Halley's.... postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frzier" (Hill). "The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn... The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru, describing the chief towns and cities. Frézier, a man of observation, brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants... Frézier introduced to France, from Chile, the ancestor of the modern strawberry" (Hill). Alden & Landis 717/66; Borba de Moraes I:329; Hill 654; Nissen ZBI 1433; Sabin 25926; Spence 482.

Auction archive: Lot number 104
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
5 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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