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MACAULAY (Kenneth): Histoire de Saint-Kilda, printed in 1764 (...), containing the description of this remarkable isle, the manners and customs of its inhabitants, the religious and pagan antiquities found there, (...). Paris, Knapen & fils, 1782. 3 parts in one volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. XXIV-336; (2)-60; (2)-96 pages. Contemporary full marbled calf, richly decorated smooth spine, red title page, gilt lace framing. Binding in good condition, interior in very good condition (small, insignificant wetness in the corner of about twenty leaves, very rare foxing). French first edition. "Interesting work on the Scottish archipelago of Saint-Kilda, translated from English by Marie-Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville. The true author is said to be John Macpherson of Skye". It is followed in this edition by two other works paginated separately: a Relation du nouvel archipel septentrional découvert depuis peu par les Russes dans les mers de Kamtschaka et d'Anadir, by Jacob von Stählin-Storcksburg, and a Récit des aventures singulières de quatre voyageurs russes qui furent jettés dans l'isle déserte du Spitzbergen oriental, by Pierre-Louis Le Roy.

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MACAULAY (Kenneth): Histoire de Saint-Kilda, printed in 1764 (...), containing the description of this remarkable isle, the manners and customs of its inhabitants, the religious and pagan antiquities found there, (...). Paris, Knapen & fils, 1782. 3 parts in one volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. XXIV-336; (2)-60; (2)-96 pages. Contemporary full marbled calf, richly decorated smooth spine, red title page, gilt lace framing. Binding in good condition, interior in very good condition (small, insignificant wetness in the corner of about twenty leaves, very rare foxing). French first edition. "Interesting work on the Scottish archipelago of Saint-Kilda, translated from English by Marie-Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville. The true author is said to be John Macpherson of Skye". It is followed in this edition by two other works paginated separately: a Relation du nouvel archipel septentrional découvert depuis peu par les Russes dans les mers de Kamtschaka et d'Anadir, by Jacob von Stählin-Storcksburg, and a Récit des aventures singulières de quatre voyageurs russes qui furent jettés dans l'isle déserte du Spitzbergen oriental, by Pierre-Louis Le Roy.

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