engraved maps in the first part, 4 small engraved maps in the second part, woodcut head and tail-pieces, woodcut initials.
Sabin 105701.
Palau VII, 232.
John Carter Brown II, page 80.
Not in Field.
Cornelius Wytfliet, 16th century historian and geographer, was born in Louvain. In 1597 he published his
Descriptione Ptolemaicae avgmentvm
, to which he wished to add a description of such parts of the world unknown in Ptolemy’s time. In 1605 therefore he published
the present work containing also a translation into
French of the work of Magini and others.
Giovanni Antonio Magini, 1557-1617, Italian astronomer and historian.
In Jefferson’s copy of this book, the works of Wytfliet and of Magini were separately bound, making two volumes. In the Library
of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1831, the two volumes are separated and the work of Magini classified under Geography--Asia.
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Le Voiageur François par de la Porte. vol. 6-14.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 53, as above,
9 v.
LAPORTE,
Joseph de.
Le Voyageur François, ou la Connoissance de l’Ancien et du Nouveau Monde, mis au jour par M. l’Abbé Delaporte. Tome VI [-XIV]. Prix
3 liv. relié.
A
Paris: chez
L. Cellot,
m. dcc. lxviii [-m. dcc. lxxi]
. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1768-1771.]
G160 .L31
First Edition. Vol. 6 to 14 only, 12mo., half-titles in each volume, publisher’s advertisements at the end of some volumes.
Quérard IV, 551.
Sabin 19359.
Boucher de la Richarderie I, 95.
The contents of the volumes are as follows:
Vol. VI. 1768. Le Japon; La Corée; La Tartarie Orientale; La Tartarie Occidentale.
Vol. VII. 1768. La Siberie; La Russie.
Vol. VIII. 1768. La Laponie; La Norvége; L’Islande; Le Groenland; La Baye d’Hudson; L’Isle de Terre-Neuve, et ses Environs;
L’Acadie.
Vol. IX. 1769. Le Canada; Colonies Angloises; La Floride; La Jamaique.
Vol. X. 1769. La Louisiane; Le Mexique; La Californie.
Vol. XI. 1770. L’Isle de Saint-Domingue; Les Antilles; La Guiane.
Vol. XII. 1770. Terre-Ferme; Le Perou; Le Chili; Terres Magellaniques.
Vol. XIII. 1771. Le Paraguai; Le Bresil; Isles d’Afrique; L’Abissinie; La Nigritie; Le Monomotapa.
Vol. XIV. 1771. Le Cap de Bonne-Esperance; Royaume d’Angola; Le Royaume de Congo; Le Royaume de Loango; Le Royaume de Benin;
Le Royaume d’Ardra; Le Royaume de Juida; La Côte d’Or.
Jefferson’s entry of this work in his undated manuscript catalogue calls for volumes 6 to 14, with the price,
27.
Joseph de Laporte, 1713-1779, French author and compiler, was at one time a Jesuit. This work consisted of forty-two volumes, of which Laporte
was the author of the first twenty-six. The material is presented in the form of letters.
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Nouvelle relation de la Gaspesie par Chrestien Le Clerc.
12
mo.
1675-81.
1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 56, as above.
LE CLERCQ,
Chrétien.
Nouvelle Relation de la Gaspesie, qui contient les Mœurs & la Religion des Sauvages Gaspesiens Porte-Croix, adorateurs du
Soleil, & d’autres Peuples de l’Amerique Septentrionale, dite le Canada. Dediée a Madame la Princesse
