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LAVAL, Antoine Jean de (fl. 1720-40). Voyage de la Louisiane fait par ordre du Roy en l'année mil sept cent vignt: Dans lequel sont traitées diverses matieres de Physique, Astronomie, Geographie & Marine. L'on y a joint les Observations sur la Refraction, faites à Marseille, avec des Reflexions sur ces Observations; Divers Voyages faits pour la correction de la Carte de la Côte de Provence; et des Reflexions sur quelques points du Sisteme de M. Newton. Paris: Jean Mariette, 1728.
Two parts in one volume, 4o (248 x 184 mm). 20 engraved maps and plans and 11 tables, many folding. (Rusthole on Kk4 catching a few letters, some marginal worming at end, some occasional pale browning and spotting.) Modern calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
FIRST EDITION of this "report, by the scientist of the expedition, under command of Valette-Laudun, sent in 1720 by the French government to examine the Florida and Louisiana coasts" (Howes). Clark notes that the volume "describes at great length the physical geography of the French Dominions in Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley, with particular reference to the ports of Orleans, Pensacola, and others." Howes L-142; Sabin 39276; Streeter II:1178 ("two of the maps are of considerable interest--the folding map of Pensacola and its harbor, and the folding map of the Gulf Coast from west of the mouths of the Mississippi to Rivière de S. Martin in Florida").
Two parts in one volume, 4o (248 x 184 mm). 20 engraved maps and plans and 11 tables, many folding. (Rusthole on Kk4 catching a few letters, some marginal worming at end, some occasional pale browning and spotting.) Modern calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
FIRST EDITION of this "report, by the scientist of the expedition, under command of Valette-Laudun, sent in 1720 by the French government to examine the Florida and Louisiana coasts" (Howes). Clark notes that the volume "describes at great length the physical geography of the French Dominions in Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley, with particular reference to the ports of Orleans, Pensacola, and others." Howes L-142; Sabin 39276; Streeter II:1178 ("two of the maps are of considerable interest--the folding map of Pensacola and its harbor, and the folding map of the Gulf Coast from west of the mouths of the Mississippi to Rivière de S. Martin in Florida").