Reise nach Guiana und Cayenne, nebst einer Uebersicht der ältern dahin gemachten reisen und neuern Nachrichten von diesem Lande, dessen Bewohnern und den vorigen europäischen Colonien, besonders den französischeen. Aus dem Französischen.
by PRUDHOMME, Louis-Marie
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Vianen, Netherlands
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Frankfurt, Anton Pichler, 1799.Sm.8vo. Contemporary half vellum, with orange morocco title-label to spine. With folding map of French Guiana, with inset map of the island of Cayenne and plan of the city, and engraved plate. VI,(2),296 pp.First German edition, first published in French in Paris in 1798 Voyage à la Guiane et à Cayenne, fait en 1789 et années suivantes; with illustrated bookplate of Gunnar Degelius. - The work gives a short historical introduction, a description of the plants and animals of Guiana, the customs of the Indians, the European colonies of France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands and annotations on the languages of the Indians in the neighbourhood of Cayenne. - With fine map. - (Lacks first free endpaper). - A nice copy.Cf. Cat. Suriname-Catalogus UB Amsterdam 5381; Sabin 66412; The James Ford Bell Library P545; Leclerc 1210; Chadenet 671.
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- Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books
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- Reise nach Guiana und Cayenne, nebst einer Uebersicht der ältern dahin gemachten reisen und neuern Nachrichten von diesem Lande, dessen Bewohnern und den vorigen europäischen Colonien, besonders den französischeen. Aus dem Französischen.
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- PRUDHOMME, Louis-Marie
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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- Morocco
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