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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
Description géographique de la Guiane. (with addition on engraved title: Contenant les possessions et les etablissemens des François, des Espagnols, des Portugais, des Hollandois dans ces vastes pays. Le climat les productions de la terre et les animaux. Leurs habitans, leurs moeurs, leurs coutumes. Et le commerce qu'on y peut faire. (etc.)).
Pais, Imprimerie de Didot, 1763. 4to. (24,6x18,1 cm.). xvi,295 pp. With extra engraved title-page, engraved vignettes, 10 plates and 20 maps (of which 8 folding). Mottled brown roan binding, spine gilt with raised bands, chintz paste-downs and endpapers. (small hole in front endpaper; library stamp of the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding) - A very fresh copy on strong paper, in an attractive binding.
¶ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was geographer to the French navy. He drew up various collections of maps, including the Neptune français, and the Hydrographie française. For the information on Surinam he refers to the works of François-Michel Jenicon, Alexandre de Lavaux, the abbé Prévost and Maria-Sibylla Merian. The folding maps include a general map of Surinam; and one-page maps of the Corantijn river and of Paramaribo.
Item no: 146472
€ 2900.00
Pais, Imprimerie de Didot, 1763. 4to. (24,6x18,1 cm.). xvi,295 pp. With extra engraved title-page, engraved vignettes, 10 plates and 20 maps (of which 8 folding). Mottled brown roan binding, spine gilt with raised bands, chintz paste-downs and endpapers. (small hole in front endpaper; library stamp of the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding) - A very fresh copy on strong paper, in an attractive binding.
¶ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was geographer to the French navy. He drew up various collections of maps, including the Neptune français, and the Hydrographie française. For the information on Surinam he refers to the works of François-Michel Jenicon, Alexandre de Lavaux, the abbé Prévost and Maria-Sibylla Merian. The folding maps include a general map of Surinam; and one-page maps of the Corantijn river and of Paramaribo.
Item no: 146472
€ 2900.00
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