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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Editions L'Harmattan, 2012. Paperback. New. 272 pages. French language. 9.29x6.06x0.79 inches.

Editions L'Harmattan, 2012. Paperback. New. 362 pages. French language. 9.45x6.06x0.79 inches.

Rotterdam: Arnout Leers, 1665. Second edition. Engraved pictorial title, title page vignette, 3 large folding plates, 46 engravings in text (some full page), sectional tailpieces. [34], 583, [13] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Old calf, spine gilt. Rubbed, folding plates closely trimmed (with loss of captions at foot and right hand edge of plate at 413), old paper repairs to plates and engravings in text (2G2 with repair affecting a few letters); occasional marginal paper flaws. Good. Second edition. Engraved pictorial title, title page vignette, 3 large folding plates, 46 engravings in text (some full page), sectional tailpieces. [34], 583, [13] pp. 1 vols. 4to. An important work on the islands of the Antilles and their inhabitants, with choice engraved plates of the flora and fauna. Sabin 72316

Rotterdam: Reinier Leers, 1681. hardcover. good. Engraved title page, several folding plates, engravings in the text of trees, plants, animals, fish, etc. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt spine, top portion of text and top margins throughout dampstained, including folding plates, pages of text wavy throughout, edges of corners bumped and worn, calf lightly soiled, lettering on spine faded, inner hinges strengthened, spine rubbed, many pages with light foxing, mostly to margins, ex-lib with rubberstamps on margins of title-page and margins of several other pages of text. Rotterdam: Reinier Leers, 1681.<br/><br/> With Vocabulary of the Carib Language by Father Raymond Breton on pp. 571-583. Published to induce Huguenot immigration to the West Indies, this significant work contains much on the natural history and the French settlements there. Also there is much material on the Carib Indians. "Much of the material may have been collected by De Poincy, but the compiler of the work appears to… Read More

First Edition. hardcover. engraved title page, portrait of Jacques Amproux and many engravings in the text of trees, plants, animals, fish, etc. 4to, contemporary calf; (head of spine worn; front lower hinge starting; scattered foxing, mostly in margins; otherwise very good). Rotterdam: Arnould Leers, 1658.<br/> <br/> With Vocabulary of the Carib Language by Father Raymond Breton on pp. 515-27. Published to induce Huguenot immigration to the West Indies, this significant work contains much on the natural history and the French settlements there. Also there is much material on the Carib Indians. "Much of the material may have been collected by De Poincy, but the compiler of the work appears to have been Charles de Rochefort, pastor of the French Protestant church at Rotterdam, who had resided several years in the West Indies." Sabin 72316.<br/> <br/>