[Rarebooks] FS: Histoire des Flibustiers Plus free Tickets

[Kaaterskill Books]

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A***, M. [Andre, Jean Francois, of Vosges or de Lignerolles or 
Ligneville]. [HISTOIRE DES FLIBUSTIERS]. ROC-DE-LA-ROCHE, GOUVERNEUR 
DE LA TORTUE, PREMIER CHEF; BRAS-DE-FER, LA TERREUR DES ESPAGNOLS, 
IIME CHEF; L'OLONAIS, FAMEUX ET CELEBRE CAPITAINE, IIIE CHEF; 
MONTAUBAN, IVE CHEF; MORGAN L'INCOMPARABLE...VE; MONBARS, 
L'EXTERMINATEUR...VIE; LAURENT LE PRUDENT, VIIE CHEF; GRAMONT LE 
GRAND, DERNIER CHEF [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris: Tiger, [1812-1813]. Frontis 
and title page ea. part; V. 1: 107 pp.; 90 pp.; 108 pp.; 90 pp.; V. 
2: 106 pp.; 108 pp.; 108 pp.; 107 pp. Illus. with 8 engraved 
frontispieces. 24mo. [5.25 in.]. Cloth. Querard 144c; Barbier, IV 
Supplement 1071 (Laurent le Prudent), 372 (Roc-de-la-Roche), 358 
(Morgan l'Incomparable). Not in Sabin. First edition. Separate 
frontis, title page, and pagination for each part. Small ship 
engraving to title page of parts IV-VIII.

Eight separate biographies, originally published successively under 
the individual titles, bound in two volumes forming Histoire des 
flibustiers (see Querard, "Supercheries litteraires" (2. ed., v. 1, 
col. 144). We could find no complete collection of all 8 parts; 
Clements Library at Univ. Michigan has a two volume set but is 
missing "Monbars, l'exterminateur...VIe". Bibliotheque National de 
France has 5 parts, Maritime Museum 3, NYP 2, NYU, LOC, BL, and 
Tulane 1 each. Very scarce complete. Original quarter leather covered 
and reinforced with black binder's tape, boards rubbed, extremities 
worn, first title page and two frontispieces (I & IV) remounted with 
loss (of between 1/3 and 1/4 of page), one frontis (V) trimmed at 
bottom edge, but not affecting image, chips to margins of two or 
three leaves (I: 5;7), two or three leaves with some moderate 
otherwise clean impressions.  [23685] $2500.00

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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
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