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Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de l'isle de Saint-Domingue: avec des figures en taille-douce
1776, Chez Gobreau, libraire, Quai des Augustins, à Saint Jean-Baptiste
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Author given as "le P. Nicolson" in the Approbation on p. 374.
Added engraved title page reads: Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de St. Domingue.
Colophon reads: De l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Boudet, imprimeur du Roi.
Chapter VII, p. 365-371, includes information on Taino Indian fetishes, pottery and wood-carving; plates no. 9 and 10 give pictorial examples.
Text primarily in French with Latin botanical names.
Signatures: pi1 A-B⁸ ²A-Z⁸ 2A⁴
Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
Sabin 55259.
Pritzel 6695.
Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 7087.
Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III:2284.
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound in contemporary full mottled calf.
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has plate numbers printed on the right hand side.
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled paper boards.
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has additional hand-colored plate bound after title page leaf, not mentioned in text; plate numbers printed on the left hand side.
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 2: J.D.: labels pasted onto engraved title and title page leaves.
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