Books and Manuscripts · Lot 3126
[Guinea]. Bosman, W.
Voyage de Guinée, contenant une Description nouvelle & très-exacte de cette Côte où l'on trouve & où l'on trafique l'or, les dents d'Elephant, & les Esclaves. Utr., A. Schouten, 1705, (18),520p., engr. portr., frontisp. and 19 fold. plates, contemp calf w. gilt spine, sm. 8vo.
- Lot
- 3126
- Section
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Estimation
- 300 € – 500 €
- Adjugé
- 300 €
- Photos
- 2 photos
État
Maps partly w. tear in inner margin or on fold(s) and occas. repaired; sl. waterstained at the beginning and end. Covers rubbed; one corner dam.; gilt on spine worn off.
Remarques
Gay 2808; Paulitschke 894; Tiele 174n. The first French edition, one year after publication of the orig. Dutch edition. The first detailed account of the West Coast of Africa and chief source for the knowledge of the Dutch slave-trade during the second half of the 17th century. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.