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Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les François.

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Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les François.

by DU TERTRE, R. P. Jean Baptiste

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Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1667-1671.

Four 4to volumes [242 x 195 mm]. Bound in granite-like brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons, sprinkled edges. Contemporary binding.

First edition and "one of the most valuable work we possess on the West Indies" (Sabin).

It is decorated with 2 engraved frontispieces, 5 maps, 17 engravings and coats of arms of A. de Harlay.

"It is very difficult to find a complete copy of this work. The P. Dutertre, says in his Foreword that he printed his book in 1654, because his copy was stolen. While he was printing it, Father Breton was asked, from M. de Poinçy, to give his lexicon of the savages' language, and some memoirs he had composed, to an unknown person, who wanted to write a history of the West Indies. He found out later that it was Mr. Rochefort, minister of Rotterdam who, after having received the lexicon from P. Breton, and informed of the printing of his work, published his own in 1658, under the title "Histoire naturelle des Antilles de l'Amérique"." (Leclerc. Biblioteca Americana, n° 1314).

"The two last volumes of this work were published in 1671 and are extremely scarce; complete sets are difficult to be met with, and bear a high price." Rich.

A beautiful copy in its contemporary binding.


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4 tomes en 4 volumes in-4. Veau brun granité, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, coupes décorées, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l'époque.

233 x 183 mm.

Première édition complète de " one of the most valuable work we possess on the West Indies " (Sabin).

Streit, Bibliotheca Missionum, 2001 ; Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana, 1314 ; Picot, Catalogue Rothschild, 1984.

" Cet ouvrage est très difficile à rencontrer complet. Le P. Dutertre, dit dans sa Préface qu'il avait imprimer son livre en 1654, parce qu'on lui avait dérobé sa copie. Pendant qu'il le faisait imprimer, le Père R. Breton fut prié, de la part de M. de Poincy, de donner son vocabulaire de la langue des sauvages, et quelques mémoires qu'il avait composés, à une personne inconnue, qui désirait écrire une histoire des Antilles. Il sut depuis que c'était le sieur Rochefort, ministre de Rotterdam qui, après avoir reçu le vocabulaire du P. Breton, et informé de l'impression de son ouvrage, fit paraître le sien en 1658, sous le titre de "Histoire naturelle des Antilles de l'Amérique". " (Leclerc. Biblioteca Americana, n° 1314).

" The two last volumes of this work were published in 1671 and are extremely scarce; complete sets are difficult to be met with, and bear a high price. " Rich.

" Du Tertre naquit à Calais en 1610. Son goût pour les voyages lui fit prendre passage à bord d'un navire hollandais avec lequel il fit plusieurs voyages en Amérique ; plus tard, il servit dans l'armée du prince d'Orange, puis, abandonnant cette vie d'aventures, il entra chez les frères prêcheurs. Ses supérieurs, profitant de son expérience, l'envoyèrent aux Antilles, dont il entreprit d'écrire l'histoire. Son livre, fruit d'observations personnelles, est l'ouvrage le plus important qui ait été publié sur ces îles. Les écrivains postérieurs en ont attesté la parfaite exactitude ". (Picot).

Du Tertre passa dix-huit ans aux Antilles, de 1640 à 1658, pendant lesquels il récolta de nombreux renseignements sur l'histoire naturelle de ces îles, sur les mœurs de ses habitants et sur l'établissement des colonies françaises de 1625 à 1667.

L'édition est ornée de 2 frontispices gravés, 5 cartes, 17 gravures et des armoiries de A. de Harlay.

Bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage fondamental sur l'histoire des Antilles en reliure de l'époque.

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Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les François.
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