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BERNARD, Jean Frédéric (1683-1744), editor. Recueil d'arrests et autres pièces pour l'établissement de la Compagnie d'Occident. Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1720.
The first edition, uncut in original wrappers. Part of Huguenot bookseller Jean Bernard’s series Recueil de voiages au Nord, this work includes early accounts detailing the Louisiana Territory, Hudson’s Bay, and the travels of Martin Frobisher; the plates depict North American curiosities such as the beaver and snow shoes. Sabin 4936; TPL 177.
12mo (180 x 113mm). 3 engraved plates, one folding map (some very faint marginal dampstaining). Original pink marbled wrappers, uncut; blue cloth box with black leather spine. Provenance: William Reese Co. – Bruce McKinney (his sale, Bonhams New York, 2 December 2010, lot 42).
The first edition, uncut in original wrappers. Part of Huguenot bookseller Jean Bernard’s series Recueil de voiages au Nord, this work includes early accounts detailing the Louisiana Territory, Hudson’s Bay, and the travels of Martin Frobisher; the plates depict North American curiosities such as the beaver and snow shoes. Sabin 4936; TPL 177.
12mo (180 x 113mm). 3 engraved plates, one folding map (some very faint marginal dampstaining). Original pink marbled wrappers, uncut; blue cloth box with black leather spine. Provenance: William Reese Co. – Bruce McKinney (his sale, Bonhams New York, 2 December 2010, lot 42).