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090 $aF2221$b.F7413 1717
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100 1 $aFrézier, Amédée François,$d1682-1773.
240 10 $aRelation du voyage de la Mer du Sud, aux côtes du Chily et du Pércu.$lEnglish
245 12 $aA voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714 :$bparticularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards : their customs and manners; their natural history, mines, commodities, traffick with Europe, &c. /$cby Monsieur Frezier ... ; illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts, harbours, cities, plants, and other curiosities : printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition : with a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley ... ; and an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Jonah Bowyer ...,$c1717.
300 $a[14], 335, [9] p., XXXVII leaves of plates (19 folded) :$bill., maps, plans ;$c24 cm. (4to)
500 $aFirst English edition; originally published in French, Paris, 1716.
500 $aTitle printed in red and black; woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
500 $aAn extra plate (numbered 36) precedes pl. XXXVI; XXX omitted in numbering plates.
500 $aA leaf headed 'Directions to the binder', extra to the collation, is bound after the dedication (placement varies in copies).
500 $aIncludes "A chart for the better understanding of the voyage to the South Sea ... by Mons. Frezier, I. Senex sculp" facing the t.p., and other charts and plans of harbours and cities, some by the author, some by other engravers or unattributed.
500 $aThe postscript (p. [320]-322) by Dr. Halley is in vindication of his sea-chart "made to shew the variations of the compass."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
583 $aextracted picklist$c20081216$zBHLEX
590 $aSCNHRB copy (39088016463564) inscribed in ink on t.p. (and crossed out): Joshua Martini. Another ink signature obliterated.
590 $aSCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Apr 7 1888 [ms. acc. no.] 131476.
590 $aSCNHRB copy half bound in old mottled calf and marbled boards; raised bands, title in gilt within red label label, gilt decorations; red edges.
600 10 $aFrézier, Amédée François,$d1682-1773$xTravel$zSouth America.
610 20 $aJesuits$zSouth America$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$zPeru$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aSouth America$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aPeru$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aHalley, Edmond,$d1656-1742.
700 1 $aMartini, Joshua,$eformer owner.$5DSI
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