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Les Amazones Révoltées. Roman moderne en Forme de Parodie sur l'Histoire Universelle, & la Fable. Avec des Notes Politiques sur les Travaux d'Hercule, la Chevalerie-Militaire, et la Découverte du Nouveau-Monde, &c. &c. &c
by LE MAINGRE DE BOUCIQUAULT, Louis
- Used
- Condition
- An excellent copy.
- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Rotterdam: Don Luis le Maingre ..., 1730. An excellent copy.. Duodecimo, with both errata leaves; contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands, crimson morocco label.
First edition, a very attractive copy of this early imaginary voyage through the Pillars of Hercules - the Strait of Gibraltar - to the "new world."
A wild farce, with everything from courtiers to pirates, a Turkish eunuch and a substantial dissertation on knight errantry, the book also has an important series of reflections on the Pillars of Hercules, long considered the edges of the known world (not for nothing did Plato claim that Atlantis lay beyond them).
In the classical account of Hercules' twelve labours he was commanded to retrieve the golden apples from the garden of Hesperides, far to the north of Europe. Bouciquault denounces this as a transparent fiction, announcing that Hercules actually sailed past Gibraltar, was caught in a storm and blown far to the west where he made landfall in the Americas. Although the author hints darkly that the Greeks had their own reasons for maintaining this absurd deception, he concludes that the mystery was finally revealed by Colombus, 'l'Alcide des Espagnes' (the Hercules of Spain).
The author was a cavalry officer known for his political and economic pamphlets, at one point writing a stern series of letters critical of John Law, the architect of the South Seas Bubble.
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- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3005425
- Title
- Les Amazones Révoltées. Roman moderne en Forme de Parodie sur l'Histoire Universelle, & la Fable. Avec des Notes Politiques sur les Travaux d'Hercule, la Chevalerie-Militaire, et la Découverte du Nouveau-Monde, &c. &c. &c
- Author
- LE MAINGRE DE BOUCIQUAULT, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used - An excellent copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Don Luis le Maingre ...
- Place of Publication
- Rotterdam
- Date Published
- 1730
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About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- Calf
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- Errata
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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