Bossu, M., 1720-1792, Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrionale , MDCCLXXVII [1777]
- Title(s):
- Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrionale : contenant une collection de lettres écrites sur les lieux, par l'auteur, à son ami, M. Douin, chevalier, Capitaine dans les troupes du roi, ci-devant son camarade dans le Nouveau Monde / par M. Bossu, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de Saint-Louis, ancien Capitaine d'une compagnie de la Marine.
- Published/Created:
- A Amsterdam : Chez Changuion, à la Bourse, MDCCLXXVII [1777]
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 392 p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsF373 .B67 1777Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1503881
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN Zc20 777bo Copy 2: Unprinted blue wrappers. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
The author's third visit to Louisiana, then a Spanish colony, in 1770-1771. His observations written during his earlier residences in the country, 1751-1757 and 1757-1762, are given in his "Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales". 1768.
With a preliminary half-t.p.
The first plate is an engraved frontispiece by Charles François Le Tellier after Gabriel Jacques de St. Aubin; the remaining plates are engraved by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Louvion after St. Aubin.
Signatures: a⁸ A-2A⁸ 2B⁴.
Head-piece of dedication is engraved coat of arms. Also some woodcut head- and tail-pieces.
Errata at foot of leaf a5v.
Includes bibliographical footnotes.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt- and blind-tooled stippled sheep; marbled end-papers; edges stained red. - Subject Terms:
- Cuba -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1777. (BACRB)Haiti -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Early works to 1800.Louisiana -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Bookplate (BEIN)Quapaw Indians -- Early works to 1800.Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1777. (BACRB)
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