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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 416

Labat, [Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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l'Amerique,] 1722 J. B. Labat, Paris, Rue Jacques, 1722, six volumes, several fold-out plans, maps and black-and-white illustrations including one large fold-out map of Martinique, gilt-decorated period full leather binding with five raised bands, 7-1/2 x 10-1/2 x 5 in.; in custom-made cloth clamshell case with a morocco title label, very good condition, losses to heads of spines and wear to extremities, Minnesota Historical Society and personal bookplates affixed to front pastedowns and free endpapers. Notes: Labat was a Dominican missionary to Martinique beginning in 1693.. Provenance: The Estate of the late John and Martha Daniels, Camden, South Carolina

Condition

very good condition, losses to heads of spines and wear to extremities, Minnesota Historical Society and personal bookplates affixed to front pastedowns and free endpapers