Added engraved t.p. reads: Histoire naturelle & morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique.

Authorship from Echeverria & Wilkie. Has also been attributed to Louis de Poincy and to César de Rochefort.

Two states are noted. In state 1, the dedicatory epistle is signed C. de Rochefort. In state 2, the dedicatory epistle is signed L. D. P. (on leaf a4, a cancel)

In 2 parts. Part 2 has special part title page.

Signatures: a-b⁴ A-3X⁴ 3Y² (2Y2 verso blank)

Title vignettes.

P. 223 misnumbered 232; p. 352 misnumbered 351; p. 354 misnumbered 454.

Cf. Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, 658/3.

"Vocabulaire Caraïbe," by Raymond Breton, p. 515-527.

"Digression de la nature du Paîs des Apalachites, de leurs moeurs, & de leur religion ancienne & nouvelle," p. 353-379.

Includes bibliographical references.

Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, 658/4.

JCB Lib cat., pre-1675, II, p. 484.

Cundall, F. West Indies, p. 99.

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 171893.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 658/140.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1: Represents state 1. Bound in contemporary calf, re-backed.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy 1: C. L. Duboyer: inscription; H. T. : binding stamp.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2: Represents state 2. Has ms. notes. Bound in contemporary calf. Lacks portrait.