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EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE. C.1645-1707.
Histoire des Avanturiers que se sont signalez dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis Vingt Annees. Paris: Jacques le Febvre, 1686.

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EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE. C.1645-1707.

Histoire des Avanturiers que se sont signalez dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis Vingt Annees. Paris: Jacques le Febvre, 1686.
1 volume only (of 2). 8vo (165 x 90 mm). 2 folding maps, 1 large folding plate, 1 small plate of a seal and calf. Contemporary calf, armorial gilt stamp on cover, spine gilt with 5 raised bands, modern cloth clamshell box. Joints cracked, corners chipped, title page browned, scattered spotting, pencil notations and ownership labels on front paste-down.
Provenance: Bishop Pierre Daniel Huet [French clergyman and scholar, 1630-1721] (bookplate).

FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Exquemelin's classic, the first history of pirates operating in the waters of the Americas. Sabin 23475.

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