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[FOIGNY, Gabriel de]. A New Discovery of Terra Incognita Australis, or the Southern World. By James Sadeur, a French-man. Who being cast there by a Shipwrack, lived 35 Years in that Country.... London: J. Dunton, 1693.
12° (138 x 77mm.) With the 3 final advertisement leaves. (Title somewhat soiled and rubbed, margins cut close affecting some headlines, catchwords and signatures, serious paper-flaw in Dd5 affects text, quire Bb misbound, browning and spotting). 18th-century blindstamped calf (rebacked, corners worn).
First English edition of this amusing and entertaining imaginary voyage of Jacques Sadeur to the Congo and thence to 'Australia' where he gives an imaginative description of 'Australian' laws and customs, natural history, mineral resources, religion and language. The book ends with a highly fanciful description of Madagascar. Wing F1395.
12° (138 x 77mm.) With the 3 final advertisement leaves. (Title somewhat soiled and rubbed, margins cut close affecting some headlines, catchwords and signatures, serious paper-flaw in Dd5 affects text, quire Bb misbound, browning and spotting). 18th-century blindstamped calf (rebacked, corners worn).
First English edition of this amusing and entertaining imaginary voyage of Jacques Sadeur to the Congo and thence to 'Australia' where he gives an imaginative description of 'Australian' laws and customs, natural history, mineral resources, religion and language. The book ends with a highly fanciful description of Madagascar. Wing F1395.
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