[South America] FRÉZIER, Amédée François Reis-Beschrijving door de Zuid-Zee, langs de kusten van Chili, Peru en Brazil, opgestelt op eene reistocht gedaan in de jaren en Amsterdam, R. and G. Wetstein, 4to: [incl. front.]- (pp., pl. (some foxing, minor stains). Dutch vellum binding (ms. notes). First Dutch edition (1st Fr.: of Frézier's travel account. A.F. Frézier (1682-1773), a French military engineer who was sent to South America by Louis XIV of France, is best remembered for introducing the "Fragaria chiloensis", a wild strawberry that was hybridised to create the modern garden strawberry. First published in French in this edition is illustrated with maps, city plans, plates depicting natives, and natural history specimens, many folding. Particularly interesting is pl.9 which depicts the Chilean game of La Sueca and which is widely regarded as the earliest printed depiction of a form of golf. Includes an anonymous treatise about the application of Indian governing practices by Jesuits in Paraguay. Ref. Borba de Moraes p. - Sabin
[South America] FRÉZIER, Amédée François Reis-Beschrijving door de Zuid-Zee, langs de kusten van Chili, Peru en Brazil, opgestelt op eene reistocht gedaan in de jaren en Amsterdam, R. and G. Wetstein, 4to: [incl. front.]- (pp., pl. (some foxing, minor stains). Dutch vellum binding (ms. notes). First Dutch edition (1st Fr.: of Frézier's travel account. A.F. Frézier (1682-1773), a French military engineer who was sent to South America by Louis XIV of France, is best remembered for introducing the "Fragaria chiloensis", a wild strawberry that was hybridised to create the modern garden strawberry. First published in French in this edition is illustrated with maps, city plans, plates depicting natives, and natural history specimens, many folding. Particularly interesting is pl.9 which depicts the Chilean game of La Sueca and which is widely regarded as the earliest printed depiction of a form of golf. Includes an anonymous treatise about the application of Indian governing practices by Jesuits in Paraguay. Ref. Borba de Moraes p. - Sabin
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