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Hardcover. First French-Language Edition. 12mo, [12], 414 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary vellum with hand-written black lettering on spine, now faded to brown. Volume two only. Text in French. Some separation to head of spine from braided headband. Ex-library, with institutional stamp to title page, but glued over with paper on recto and verso. Small worm hole beginning on page 13, and growing into one-inch hole between pages 163-194. Head piece to table of contents and chapter one. Tail pieces to illustrate end of chapters. Shelved in Case 3. Sabin: 98749. First edition in French, after the Spanish of 1605. Histoire de la Floride details Hernando de Soto's expedition of Florida in the 16th century. It is also the first book published by a native-born American author. 1373861. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…