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Les Avantures de Monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchene
de LE SAGE, Alain René
- Usado
- Estado
- Slight waterstaining affecting only the margins, head of spine restored.
- Librería
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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Amsterdam: Aux Depens de la ..., 1733. Slight waterstaining affecting only the margins, head of spine restored.. Two volumes in one, duodecimo, five plates, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes; occasional ms. marginalia in a neat early hand, a good copy in later half red morocco.
An attractive copy of the second French edition of this important imaginary voyage and Canadian adventure based on the exploits of Robert Chevalier Beauchêne.
Le Sage (1668-1747) was a successful playwright and novelist, now chiefly remembered as the author of the picaresque novel Gil Blas. The novel claims to be derived from notes sent to Le Sage by Beauchêne's widow, and is a heady confection of piratical life set in the wilds of eighteenth-century Canada. Beauchêne is an Indian scout turned coast-prowling pirate, and the narrative recalls his bloodthirsty exploits in duels and ship-boardings, as well as his recollections of being sold into slavery in New England. It is difficult to sort the fact from the fiction in this rollicking tale - the Canadian Encyclopedia comments that Le Sage's work has 'many exaggerations and inaccuracies' - but it is a vivid account, concluding with Beauchêne's return to France with his plundered loot, where he dies in a tavern brawl in Tours.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3011911
- Título
- Les Avantures de Monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchene
- Autor
- LE SAGE, Alain René
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Slight waterstaining affecting only the margins, head of spine restored.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Aux Depens de la ...
- Lugar de publicación
- Amsterdam
- Fecha de publicación
- 1733
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Hordern House Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Surry Hills, New South Wales
Sobre Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
