LABAT, R.P. - FROM THE LIBRARY OF A.G. MOLTKE.

Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique, contenant l'Histoire naturelle de ces Pays, l'Origine, les Moeurs, la Religion & la Gouvernement des Habitans anciens & moderne. Nouvelle Edition...enrichie des Figures en Taille-douce. Tome Septieme (seul).

Paris, Theodore Le Gras, 1742.

Small 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Spine and covers worn. From the library of Count A.G. Moltke with his large gilt coat of arms on both covers. (2),516 pp., 2 engraved botanical plates and 1 folded engraved map : L'Isle St. Dominique. Internally fine with only light yellowing to margins.

This volume describes the isles Guadeloupe, S. Dominique, Saint Croix and St. Thomas.
"A very pleasant and instructive work in many respects"(Chalmers) - "The most copious that we possess on the Antilles; very full on the Natural history and productions of the islands." (Sabin: 38412).

Order-nr.: 42614