Lot n° 331
Estimation :
700 - 800
EUR
OEXMELIN (Alexandre Olivier). Histoire des aventuriers flibu - Lot 331
OEXMELIN (Alexandre Olivier). Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers qui se sont signalés dans les Indes. Containing what they did of remarkable, with the life, the manners and the customs of the Buccaneers, and of the inhabitants of St. Domingue and Tortue; an exact description of these places, and a state of the Offices, both Ecclesiastical and Secular, and what the great Princes of Europe possess there. Trevoux, la Cie, 1775.
4 vol. in-12, marbled calf, ornate spines (some restorations).
New edition, the most complete, illustrated with 8 folded hors-texte plates including 1 frontispiece.
The first story is that of the buccaneer Alexandre-Olivier Oexmelin (1645-1707). It contains the life, manners & customs of the buccaneers & inhabitants of S. Dominguë & La Tortuë; an exact description of these places; & a statement of the Offices, both Ecclesiastical and Secular, & what the great Princes of Europe possess there. The narrative occupies the first two volumes. The third volume contains the Journal du voyage Fait à la Mer du Sud by buccaneer Jacques Raveneau de Lussan (1663-1690). This voyage took place between 1684 and 1688. The final volume covers Charles Johnson's History of English Pirates. The final chapters are devoted to two female pirates: Marie Read and Anne Bonny. A fine copy.
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