Lot n° 18
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BIERVILLAS (Innigo de; 1709-1782). Voyage d'Innigo de Biervi - Lot 18
BIERVILLAS (Innigo de; 1709-1782). Voyage d'Innigo de Biervillas, portugais, à la côte de Malabar, Goa, Batavia et autres lieux des Indes Orientales. Contenant une description des mœurs, coutumes et religion des Indiens ; les différents établissements de plusieurs nations de l'Europe, et un détail exact du commerce de Batavia ; avec plusieurs aventures et singularités curieuses. Paris, Grégoire Antoine Dupuis. 2 parts in one volume, in-12, marbled calf, triple fillet border, highly decorated gilt spine, garnet-red title page, interior roulette, gilt edges (Padeloup), arms: chevron accompanied by seven merlettes, four in chief, two and three in base, one and two, iron no. 1 (OHR 364), of Louis-Marie-Augustin, Duc d'Aumont, peer de France, marshal de camp then lieutenant general, he was governor of Compiègne, Boulogne, Montreuil then Chauny. He had built up a magnificent library, most of whose bindings were made by Padelong, and most of which are kept at the BNF. First edition of this work by Abbé Saunier, based on the author's own account. (Chadenat, 5019, Quérard VIII, 470) A fine copy.
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