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ROBIN, Claude C. (b.1750). Voyages dans l'interieur de la Louisiane, de la Floride occidentale, et dans les isles de la Martinique et de Saint-Domingue pendant les années 1802 [à] 1806. Paris: F. Buisson, 1807. 3 volumes, 8° (192 x 107mm). Engraved portrait of the author by Tassaert after Trexel, folding engraved map, outline hand-coloured. Contemporary quarter calf, spines gilt with orange leather lettering-piece.
FIRST EDITION. "Robin witnessed at New Orleans and at Nachitoches, the transfer of Louisiana to the United States; he gives a most ample description of Louisiana's Western interior and of Spanish Texas" (Howes). An important appendix at the end of the third volume is devoted to the Flora of Louisiana. Brunet IV, 1336 (note); Howes R362; Sabin 72039; Stafleu & Cowan 9279. (3)
FIRST EDITION. "Robin witnessed at New Orleans and at Nachitoches, the transfer of Louisiana to the United States; he gives a most ample description of Louisiana's Western interior and of Spanish Texas" (Howes). An important appendix at the end of the third volume is devoted to the Flora of Louisiana. Brunet IV, 1336 (note); Howes R362; Sabin 72039; Stafleu & Cowan 9279. (3)
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