257 - Labat, (JB). Travels to the West Indies or the Islands Lying in the American Sea. Translated from the latest Paris edition ... by GFC Schad. Vols. 2-7 in 6 vols. (of 7). Nuremberg, Raspe, 1782-88. With 2 (of 3) folded copperplate engravings and 11 (of 60) copperplate engravings. Small octavo. Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels and rich floral wrought iron decoration (somewhat rubbed).

Labat, (JB). Travels to the West Indies or the Islands Lying in the American Sea. Translated from the latest Paris edition ... by GFC Schad. Vols. 2-7 in 6 vols. (of 7). Nuremberg, Raspe, 1782-88. With 2 (of 3) folded copperplate engravings and 11 (of 60) copperplate engravings. Small octavo. Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels and rich floral wrought iron decoration (somewhat rubbed). Fromm 13529; Engelmann I, 194. - First German edition of the travelogue, which was first published in French in 1722. - The French Dominican friar and missionary Jean Baptiste Labat traveled through the Caribbean from 1693 to 1705 and, in his extensive report, primarily describes the Lesser Antilles, including Guadeloupe and Martinique, but also provides some initial information on a few of the smaller islands. - The maps show Guadeloupe and St. Christopher; the map of Martinique and numerous copperplate engravings are missing. - Without the first volume. - Stamp on title page.