[Rarebooks] FS: Deslandes' "Essai sur la Marine..." w/references to America. Amsterdam: 1743

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[Deslandes, Andre Francois Boureau]. ESSAI SUR LA MARINE ET SUR LE COMMERCE. 
Par Mr. D****. Avec des Remarques Historiques & Critiques de l’Auteur. 
Amsterdam: Francois Changuion. 1743. First edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. xx,252pp. 
Plus (8)pp. publisher’s catalog. Title printed in red & black with a copper 
engraved allegorical vignette. Later gilt decorated brown morocco over marbled 
boards, burgundy calf spine label.     $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
Contains numerous references to America. The last part is “Sur les Indies 
Braves, et les Forbans Francois du Golfe de Darien,” relating to the Indian 
tribes of Central America. Sabin 47518. Goldsmith’s Library #7972 (giving the author
’s name as Boureau-Deslandes).

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