Histoire de la Premiere Descouverte et Conqueste des Canaries [and:] Un Traicte de la Navigation et des Voyages de Descouverte & Conqueste modernes, & principalement des François
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ID 1119143
Lot 10 | Histoire de la Premiere Descouverte et Conqueste des Canaries [and:] Un Traicte de la Navigation et des Voyages de Descouverte & Conqueste modernes, & principalement des François
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Jean de Bethencourt and Pierre Bergeron, 1629-30
BETHENCOURT, Jean de (1362-1425); and Pierre BERGERON (1580-1637). Histoire de la Premiere Descouverte et Conqueste des Canaries [and:] Un Traicte de la Navigation et des Voyages de Descouverte & Conqueste modernes, & principalement des François. Paris: Jean de Heuqueville, 1630 [part title for second work: Jean de Heuqueville and Michel Soly, 1629].
Complete first edition of a rare early account of Atlantic discovery and navigational achievements. Jean de Bethencourt's 1402 conquest of the Canary Islands was a prelude to the Transatlantic exploration and colonization which would begin with Columbus in 1492. This account, based on the reports of Bethencourt's chaplains Pierre Bontier and Jean le Verrier, opens a treatise edited by Pierre Bergeron on mostly French expeditions in the Americas by Lescarbot, Champlain, Cartier, and many others (including voyages of other nations not only to the Americans but to the Far East). It is occasionally described as two separate works, but both texts are mentioned on the general title page and they were issued together. Only one copy is recorded at auction by RBH in the last century. Sabin 4850 and 5073.
Two parts in one volume, octavo (163 x 100m). Engraved portrait of the author by Moncornet (some shoulder notes shaved in first work, a little worming in gutter and lower margin, occasionally just touching printed area). 18th-century calf gilt, edges red (joints splitting, covers somewhat abraded). Provenance: George Wilbraham, 1779-1852, British politician (armorial bookplate).
| Artist: | Jean de Béthencourt (1362 - 1425) Pierre Bergeron (1580 - 1637) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Jean de Béthencourt (1362 - 1425) Pierre Bergeron (1580 - 1637) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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