VOYAGE SOUTH SEAS 1717 COAST CHILE & PERU 1st FREZIER Plates GEOGRAPHY Science
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:7054605 | Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military |
| Language: English | Year Printed: 1717 |
| Place of Publication: LONDON | Binding: Leather |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated |
AVOYAGETO THESOUTH-SEAAnd along theCOASTSOFCHILI and PERUIn the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBINGThe Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as wellIndians as Spaniards: Their Customs and Manners;their Natural History, Mines, Commodities, Traffickwith Europe, &c.
By Monsieur Frezier, Engineer in Ordinary tothe French King.
Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the Coasts, Harbours, Cities, Plants, and other Curiosities: printed from the author�...��soriginal plates inserted in the Paris edition.
With a postscript by Dr. Edmun Halley, Savilian Professorof Geometry in the University of Oxford. And an account ofthe settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuitesin Paraguay.
LONDONPrinted for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Ludgate-street.MDCCXVII(1717)
First edition in English
Bound in full contemporary speckled calf, and measures approx. 24.7cm x 19.5cm x 4.5cm. The front hinge is cracking a little, thus has a hint of movement, although mostly firm. The boards are a little surface scuffed and worn, with a few superficial scratches. The corners and edges are a little bumped. The top edge of the spine is a little chipped with loss. The gilt decoration and titles to compartments are surface worn and dulled with age. Internally, the endpapers and blanks are a little browned and foxed. There is a small ink name? to the top corner of the front free endpaper. There is a small amount of worming to the bottom of the front free endpapers, and continuing through the contents , including plates/maps, getting smaller progressively, before petering out entirely by page 47. The frontispiece and title page have a small ink stain to the top corner/edge, one whith a small tear. The prelims have some light grubbiness. The contents are lightly toned, with some scattered foxing (a bit heavier around the plates) and offsetting from the engraved plates. One leaf has a small dark browned spot with rust hole to centre, affecting a few letters. There are a few light scattered grubby marks, and the odd light crease. Else in reasonable condition throughout.
[14], 335, [9]p Complete.
There are 37 engraved plates and maps including frontispiece (many folding; no plate number 30 and number 36 used twice, as issued), with the 'Directions to the Binder Leaf' (described as 'extra to the collation' in ESTC),
'This English translation contains the same engravings as the original French edition, and is preferable to the latter by reason of Halley's postscript' (Sabin), although the frontispiece, a map of South America by John Senex, is new.
"First English edition. Frezier, a French royal military engineers, was under contract to sail to the Spanish possessions in South America to construct forts for defence against English and Dutch attacks. The French government also ordered him to chart the western coast of South America in order that they would have some knowledge of that area for possible military operations. The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn and was used by contemporary and even by later navigators. The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru, describing the chief towns and cities. Frezier, a man of observation, brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value...Among items collected were Chilean strawberry plants which were successfully propagated in France."
Complete, first English edition, of this remarkable work.
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