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Americas.- Buccaneers.- Ravenau de Lussan (Sieur de) Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud, avec les Flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684..., title with woodcut device and old ink inscription at foot (slight loss from cropping/fraying), rather soiled and stained, small tear to C5, one or two other minor marginal defects, book-label of James Stevens Cox, modern dark blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, uncut, [Sabin 67984], 12mo, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1690.

⁂ First published the previous year, with the same imprint. De Lussan was a well-born Parisian who took to buccaneering in pursuit of adventure but insisted on his crew attending Mass before plundering a town.

Lot 371

Americas. - Buccaneers.- Ravenau de Lussan (Sieur de) Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud, avec les Flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684..., Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1690.  

Hammer Price: £220

Description

Americas.- Buccaneers.- Ravenau de Lussan (Sieur de) Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud, avec les Flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684..., title with woodcut device and old ink inscription at foot (slight loss from cropping/fraying), rather soiled and stained, small tear to C5, one or two other minor marginal defects, book-label of James Stevens Cox, modern dark blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, uncut, [Sabin 67984], 12mo, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1690.

⁂ First published the previous year, with the same imprint. De Lussan was a well-born Parisian who took to buccaneering in pursuit of adventure but insisted on his crew attending Mass before plundering a town.

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