Trevoux, Par la Compagnie, 1744. 12mo. 4 contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spines. Top of spines neatly repaired. Light wear to foot of spine on vols. 1-2. Small stamp on title-pages. Engraved frontispiece titled "Histoire des Avanturiers des Boucaniers et de la Chambre des Comptes établie dans les Indes. 1743". (12),394,(2);(2),428 pp., 3 folded engraved plates and 4 folded engraved maps. The first plate with a small tear in folding, no loss. A few faint brownspots.
Volumes 1-2 These by Exquemelin, are a translation by de Frontigniéres of: Piratas de la America. Cologne, 1681, itself a translation of: De Americaensche zee-roovers. Amsterdam, 1678. French translation originally published Paris, 1686. - Brunet II, 1140-41.
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