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North America - PICHON (Thomas). Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton, depuis son établissement jusqu'à la reprise de cette isle par les Anglais en 1758. La Haye, Pierre Gosse, et se trouve à Londres, chez Jean Nourse, 1760. In-12, porphyry calf, ornate smooth spine, black title page, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. A work written in the form of letters, in which we find a description of Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean (or Prince Edward Island) in Acadia, details of the customs of the Micmac Indians, the rivalry between the French and the English, and the capture of Louisbourg by the latter. A fine copy. Ex-libris engraved with the arms of Louis-François de Monteynard (1713-1791), Secretary of State for War from 1771 to 1774, as well as the handwritten mark of his library at Château de Tencin. Head cover restored.

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North America - PICHON (Thomas). Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton, depuis son établissement jusqu'à la reprise de cette isle par les Anglais en 1758. La Haye, Pierre Gosse, et se trouve à Londres, chez Jean Nourse, 1760. In-12, porphyry calf, ornate smooth spine, black title page, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. A work written in the form of letters, in which we find a description of Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean (or Prince Edward Island) in Acadia, details of the customs of the Micmac Indians, the rivalry between the French and the English, and the capture of Louisbourg by the latter. A fine copy. Ex-libris engraved with the arms of Louis-François de Monteynard (1713-1791), Secretary of State for War from 1771 to 1774, as well as the handwritten mark of his library at Château de Tencin. Head cover restored.

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