Explorations of De Soto in North America French Ed.
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Author: De la Vega, Garcilaso
Title: Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:G. Nyon
Date Published: 1709, 1711
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Two volumes in one. [18], 281, [1]; 249, [1 blank], [10] pp. Text in French. 16x9 cm (6½x3½") later quarter calf and cloth, gilt spine; new endpapers.
Second French edition of "One of the major accounts of the travels of De Soto in Florida and throughout the present day Southeastern United States...the major literary by-product of this historic invasion...the first work by a native-born American author [Garcilaso was born in Peru], compiled from a few scattered texts, hearsay, and the accounts of several of his friends who were members of the De Soto expedition...[earlier] French translations appeared in Paris in 1670 and 1709." Sabin 98748.
Condition Report: Interior with toning and occasional minor closed tears to page edges; very good.
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Heading:
Author: De la Vega, Garcilaso
Title: Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:G. Nyon
Date Published: 1709, 1711
Description:
Two volumes in one. [18], 281, [1]; 249, [1 blank], [10] pp. Text in French. 16x9 cm (6½x3½") later quarter calf and cloth, gilt spine; new endpapers.
Second French edition of "One of the major accounts of the travels of De Soto in Florida and throughout the present day Southeastern United States...the major literary by-product of this historic invasion...the first work by a native-born American author [Garcilaso was born in Peru], compiled from a few scattered texts, hearsay, and the accounts of several of his friends who were members of the De Soto expedition...[earlier] French translations appeared in Paris in 1670 and 1709." Sabin 98748.
Condition Report: Interior with toning and occasional minor closed tears to page edges; very good.
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