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 Troisieme (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. (6),475 pp. With 30 engraved plates. (5 zoological plates, 19 botanical plates, 6 arts & crafts: Moulin a Sucre, folding, Moulin a Vent , folding, Camble de Moulin, folding, Moulin Rond, folding, Moulin a Eau droit, folding, Moulin a Eau couché, folding). Internally fine with only light yellowing to margins.

This volume describes the islands Guadeloupe, Martinique, Isles des Saintes.
"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.: 42615