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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. London: David Nutt, 1887. 8vo. xxv + [iv] +160pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamping. Folding map. Illustrated throughout with plates and engravings. Issued as a Supplement to THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS LEGUAT published by The Hakluyt Society: Nos LXXXII & LXXXIII. Fine. At the commencement of the seventeenth century, France was the only world power among the great nations of Europe which did not possess organized commerce with the East Indies. King Louis XVI granted the concession of Madagascar to the Société de l'Orient, in direct competition with the Dutch East India Company.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 160 pages (complete). A very smart copy of this VERY RARE book. Half leather. Marbled boards. The boards are tidy, genteel. They have light scuffing and handling marks. The leathered corners have some characterful rubbing and wear from handling and shelving. They are neat, healthy. The spine is very handsome. Stamped gilt decoration and titling to the spine. Five ridges. The spine is most clubbable and healthy. The contents are exceptionally gratifying. Whilst the supplementary free page and last page have tanning about the edges, and the folded engraving at page xxxvii is very worn, the contents are in near immaculate condition. The plates, illustrations, pages are very clean, very clear, fresh, very assured, very confident, tight - as if barely handled or owned. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condizione: Fine. Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavo, 433pp., 5 large folding maps, 6 illustrations (one foldout); 13 illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue grey cloth. Fine. 2 volumes. As New. Pictures available.