First Edition. 12mo. 130 leaves, errata list at the
end; the dedication to Monsieur Loyseau is signed
Dvbois.
Barbier IV, 1104.
Not in Quérard.
Boucher
de la Richarderie IV, 271.
Sibree, page 5.
Grandidier I, no. 1518.
Entered by Jefferson without
price in his undated manuscript catalogue.
The given name of the Sieur Dubois is not found in any
bibliography or biography consulted. He was born in France, and set sail on
April 13, 1669, for Madagascar, where he arrived on October 2. Dubois was
offered positions in both Madagascar and Bourbon, but his health failed and he
was obliged to return to France. He set sail on September 4, 1672, and debarked
at La Rochelle on January 20, 1673.
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11
Voiage de Madagascar.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 49, as
above.
CARPEAU DU SAUSSAY.
Voyage de Madagascar, connu aussi sous le nom
de l’Isle de S
t Laurent.
Par M. de V. . . . Commissaire Provincial de l’Artillerie de France. Dedié à S.
A. S. M. le Prince de Conty.
A
Paris: Chez
Jean-Luc Nyon,
m. dcc xxii
. Avec
Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1722.]
First Edition. 12mo. 162 leaves, engraved
frontispiece, engraved plates and folded map. The dedication to the Prince de
Conty signed by Carpeau du Saussay.
Barbier IV, 1076.
Quérard II, 59.
Brunet 20934.
Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 271.
Gay 3210.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript
catalogue, without price.
Carpeau du Saussay, born c. 1647 in
France, sailed in 1663 for Madagascar, of which island he became governor after
it had been ceded to the East India Company by the duc de Mazarin. The wars in
which the island was involved eventually compelled Carpeau du Saussay to return
to France.
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12
Sparman’s voyage to the cape of good hope from
1772-1776.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 156, Sparmann’s Voyage to
the Cape of Good Hope, from 1772, to 1776, 2 v 8vo.
SPARRMAN,
Anders.
A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the
Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World: but chiefly into the Country of
the Hottentots and Caffres, from the Year 1772, to 1776. By Andrew Sparrman,
M.D. Professor of Physic at Stockholm, fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences
in Sweden, and Inspector of its Cabinet of Natural History. Translated from the
Swedish Original. With Plates. In
Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.]
Perth: Printed by
R. Morison junior, for
R. Morison and Son,
Perth;
G. Mudie,
Edinburgh; and
J.
Lackington
,
London.
m,dcc,lxxxix
. [1789.]
DT826 .S73
2 vol. 12mo. 142 and 134 leaves, folded engraved
frontispiece in Volume I, engraved plates in both volumes, including several of
natural history by D. Lizars.
This edition not in Lowndes, not in Boucher de la
Richarderie, and not in Gay.
Jefferson’s copy was purchased by him in December
1791 from
Lackington’s catalogue for 1792, no. 4795, price
6/6. The purchase
was made through A. Donald, and this information is obtained from more than one
list made by Jefferson at that time. In the lists made by Jefferson, and on
Lackington’s bill, which contains only the catalogue number, the author’s name
and the price,
