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Histoire des avanturiers que se sont signalez dans les Indes
contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis vingt annees, avec la vie, les moeurs, les coutumes des habitans de Saint Domingue & de la Tortue, & une description exacte de ces lieux : ou l'on voit l'etablissement d'une chambre des comptes dans les Indes, & un etat, tire de cette chambre, des offices tant ecclesiastiques, que seculiers, ou le roy d'Espagne pourvoit, les revenus qu'il tire de l'Amerique, & ce que les plus grands princes de l'Europe y possedent
2 volumes : illustrations, 3 folded maps ; 18 cm.
Collation: volumes 1, 16 pages leaves, 342, [24] pages, 3 pl., 2 maps; volumes 2, 3 pages leaves, 384, [22] pages, pl., map. Added t. p. engraved, in volume 1.
"First French edition, of extreme rarity, translated from the Spanish. The author's name is rather singularly changed. The translation was made by M. de Frontignieres. In 1689 the Journal of Raveneau de Lussan first appeared, and was republished in 1692, and is afterwards generally added to the work. Editions of Oexmelin, with this addition, appeared in 3 volumes, 12 mo, in 1699."--Sabin, Bibl. amer., volume 6, page 312.
The dedicatory letter is signed by the translator, who while utilizing the Spanish version by Bonne-Maison practically rewrote the work, rearranging it as to details and giving it a more literary form. cf. Barros Arana, Notas, page 72.
Dutch original, Amsterdam, 1678, published under title: De Americaensche zee-roovers ...
Microfiche. Louisville, Ky. : Lost Cause Press, 1978. -- 12 sheets ; 10.5 x 14.8 cm. -- (Sabin, Joseph, 1821-1881. [Bibliotheca Americana] Selected Americana. [Microfiche edition]) -- (Fiche book).
"Copied from the original in the Library of Congress."