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156 - [TRAVEL - PYRARD DE LAVAL (François)].
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[TRAVEL - PYRARD DE LAVAL (François)]. The Voyage of François Pyrard de Laval, detailing his voyage to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil; and the various incidents that befell him on this voyage during his ten-year stay in those lands. With an accurate description of the customs, laws, ways of life, police, and government; of the trade and commerce conducted there; and of the animals, trees, fruits, and other curiosities found there. Paris: Louis Billaine, 1679. 3 parts in one small in-4° volume, sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). [X] + 323 (paginated 1–192, then 197–327) + 218 + 144 + [XXIII (Table)] pp. “New edition, revised, corrected, and expanded with various treatises and curious accounts. With geographical observations on the present voyage […] By Sieur DU VAL, the King’s Court Geographer.” One folded map. From the library of the Marquis de Villoutreys at his château in Le Plessis, with bookplate; wet stamp on the reverse of the map, repeated on p. 1. Upper edge damaged with a loss; two corners worn. “The most complete edition, with important additions by Du Val. Chapters 16, 26, and 27 of the second part relate to Brazil.” (Sabin, 66882); Borba de Moraes, II, 169.
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