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CHARLEVOIX (Pierre-François-Xavier de). HISTORY OF THE SPANISH ISLE OR OF S. DOMINGUE. Paris, Guerin, 1730-31. Two quarto volumes in brown calf, spine gilt, ornate gilt bindings, garnet morocco title and greef (period binding). Missing upper headbands, beginning of a split in the upper jaw of volume I, slight damage to corners and edges, upper margin of the two titles cut out without affecting the text, some rings of wetness and small brown spots without gravity. ORIGINAL EDITION of this IMPORTANT WORK, one of the best ancient descriptions of the island of Santo Domingo. It contains 18 off-text PLATES, including 8 folding maps and 11 plans (of which 7 folding and one plan included in the margin of a plate of the map of L'Isle à Vache) and 3 vignettes after Humblot engraved by Baquoy and Mathey. ¶ Sabin, 12127 Palau, 67166.
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CHARLEVOIX (Pierre-François-Xavier de). HISTORY OF THE SPANISH ISLE OR OF S. DOMINGUE. Paris, Guerin, 1730-31. Two quarto volumes in brown calf, spine gilt, ornate gilt bindings, garnet morocco title and greef (period binding). Missing upper headbands, beginning of a split in the upper jaw of volume I, slight damage to corners and edges, upper margin of the two titles cut out without affecting the text, some rings of wetness and small brown spots without gravity. ORIGINAL EDITION of this IMPORTANT WORK, one of the best ancient descriptions of the island of Santo Domingo. It contains 18 off-text PLATES, including 8 folding maps and 11 plans (of which 7 folding and one plan included in the margin of a plate of the map of L'Isle à Vache) and 3 vignettes after Humblot engraved by Baquoy and Mathey. ¶ Sabin, 12127 Palau, 67166.
