Alden & Landis 689\/152; Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana, 487 (‘Cette relation, qui est ins\u00e9r\u00e9e toute enti\u00e8re dans le troisi\u00e8me volume de l\u2019histoire des flibustiers, est la meilleure relation de toutes celles qui sont entr\u00e9es dans cet ouvrage’); Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800 I, p. 654; Sabin 67983; Soultrait XVIIe si\u00e8cle, 276.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of this account of a buccaneer’s adventure in America.<\/p>\n
The dedication copy to King Louis XIV.<\/p>\n
Embarked at the age of twenty-two (?) in Dieppe for Saint-Domingue, Raveneau de Lussan stayed there for three years and “r\u00e9joignit une bande de flibustiers dans le but d’honorer les dettes qu’il avait contract\u00e9s. Parti le 22 novembre 1684, l’exp\u00e9dition dura jusqu’en f\u00e9vrier 1686; l’auteur ne nous \u00e9pargne aucun combat, ni aucun pillage et nous livre toutes les violences commises par les piartes, dont la vie est d\u00e9peinte de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s r\u00e9aliste. Raveanu de Lussan d\u00e9crit aussi les sites, les animaux, les plantes, les m\u0153urs des Indiens. L’ouvrage concerne essentiellement Cuba, le Chili, le Chili, le P\u00e9rou, l’Am\u00e9rique central et le Mexique… Selon Gilbert Chinard, Daniel Defoe aurait d’ailleurs puis\u00e9 dans ce journal quelques inspirations pour la premi\u00e8re partie de son Robinson Crusoe” (Soultrait).<\/p>\n
A precious copy bound for the king and bearing his arms.<\/p>\n
Minor spotting, paper faults on pp. 123\/124 without missing text.<\/p>\n
Provenance: Edouard Rahir (ex-libris, his sale, Paris 5-7 May 1936, lot 1152) – Pierre Ber\u00e8s (catalogue 64 \/ 266) – Jean A. Bonna ( bookplate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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