First edition of the only book published by Raveneau de Lussan. An exceptional copy, bound in red morocco leather bearing the arms of King Louis XIV.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Adventures of a Privateer in America<\/p>\n
Tales of privateering captured the public imagination, creating the myth of pirates who were certainly bloodthirsty, yet courageous and charming. The first accounts were those of \u0152xmelin in 1686, but they were highly fictionalised. Three years later, Raveneau de Lussan published his journal, in which he recounted, without embellishment or false modesty, the ill-fated expedition that took him, over a period of more than two years, from Guayaquil to the Atlantic coast of Central America.<\/p>\n
A young man of good birth, a soldier and a Parisian, Raveneau de Lussan was seized, at the age of 22, by an irrepressible desire to travel; he set sail from Dieppe in 1679 for Saint-Domingue, where he remained for three years. There, he ran up such a large debt that, under pressure to settle it, he joined a band of buccaneers. Having set out on 22 November 1684, they did not return until February 1686, after a particularly arduous retreat across Central America.<\/p>\n
\u201cL\u2019auteur raconte les p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties de cette entreprise, les pilleries et les violences qui furent commises. (\u2026) [Son] livre est presque enti\u00e8rement compos\u00e9 de r\u00e9cits de combats. L\u2019auteur fait preuve d\u2019un sang-froid et d\u2019une s\u00e9cheresse de c\u0153ur extraordinaires : tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cis, il ne dissimule aucun m\u00e9fait et reste insensible devant les cruaut\u00e9s qui sont commises. Son livre pr\u00e9sente une peinture r\u00e9aliste de la vie des flibustiers<\/i>\u201d (Bourgeois et Andr\u00e9, Les Sources de l\u2019histoire de France, <\/i>I, n\u00b0 586).<\/p>\n
One can only imagine the readers\u2019 enthusiasm for these exotic adventures. As Larousse writes, indignantly: \u201cIls couvraient leurs crimes d\u2019un \u00e9clat d\u2019intr\u00e9pidit\u00e9 incomparable, jouaient leur vie comme leur or, \u00e9levaient le brigandage, s\u2019il \u00e9tait possible, \u00e0 la hauteur de l\u2019h\u00e9ro\u00efsme.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Defoe drew on Raveneau de Lussan\u2019s Journal <\/i>or the plot of Robinson Crusoe<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Gilbert Chinard has highlighted the similarities between the two works: \u201cDefoe, \u00e9crit-il, me para\u00eet s\u2019\u00eatre manifestement inspir\u00e9 des Aventures de Raveneau de Lussan, au moins pour la premi\u00e8re partie de son roman. En tout cas, on ne saurait rien voir de particuli\u00e8rement anglais dans ce d\u00e9sir irr\u00e9sistible de s\u2019enfuir loin de la maison paternelle et de voyager qui s\u2019empare du jeune Crusoe\u201d (L\u2019Am\u00e9rique et le r\u00eave exotique, p. 249).<\/p>\n
A magnificent copy, bound in morocco leather decorated with the coat of arms of King Louis XIV.<\/p>\n
This account of the adventures of the buccaneers has a fascinating provenance, as King Louis XIV was no stranger to the prosperity, and subsequent decline, of the \u2018Brothers of the Coast\u2019 organisation. Indeed, by royal decree, France granted the buccaneers its tacit protection, sometimes even encouraging their expeditions; whilst at war with Spain, the king looked favourably upon the buccaneers ransoming and attacking Spanish galleons and destabilising the Iberian colonial empire. Eight years after the publication of Raveneau de Lussan\u2019s Journal, Louis XIV called upon the buccaneers to join the French Royal Navy for an expedition against Cartagena. The contract stipulated that they would be given a third of the booty, with buccaneer officers to be treated on a par with Royal Navy officers\u2026 However, concerned about the excessive power of his dubious allies, Louis XIV ordered that they be betrayed once the raid had been carried out; by sowing discord amongst the pirates, the king\u2019s manoeuvre proved fatal to the buccaneers\u2019 organisation.<\/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":"
12mo (164 x 90 mm) de 8 unn.l., 448 pp., 2 unn.l. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, central royal coat of arms on the covers, spine with raised bands, gilt caissons, gilt edges over marbling (contemporary binding<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":85348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[1270,1267,1450,1380,1362,620],"class_list":{"0":"post-85353","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-binding","7":"product_tag-armoured","8":"product_tag-binding","9":"product_tag-first-edition","10":"product_tag-general-south-america","11":"product_tag-north-america","12":"product_tag-travel","13":"pa_auteur-raveneau-de-lussan-2","14":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1689","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"\nRAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"12mo (164 x 90 mm) de 8 unn.l., 448 pp., 2 unn.l. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, central royal coat of arms on the covers, spine with raised bands, gilt caissons, gilt edges over marbling (contemporary binding).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Libairie Clavreuil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T16:52:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/\",\"name\":\"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T12:50:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T16:52:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg\",\"width\":534,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All our books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/all-our-books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0...\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/\",\"name\":\"Libairie Clavreuil\",\"description\":\"Livres anciens, manuscrits rares et \u00e9ditions originales \u2013 Librairie Clavreuil\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Libairie Clavreuil\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-LOGO_PNG_DATE-_gold-512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-LOGO_PNG_DATE-_gold-512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Libairie Clavreuil\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/librairieclavreuil\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil","og_description":"12mo (164 x 90 mm) de 8 unn.l., 448 pp., 2 unn.l. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, central royal coat of arms on the covers, spine with raised bands, gilt caissons, gilt edges over marbling (contemporary binding).","og_url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/","og_site_name":"Libairie Clavreuil","article_modified_time":"2026-06-17T16:52:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":534,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/","name":"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0 la mer de Sud, avec les flibustiers de l'Am\u00e9rique en 1684, & ann\u00e9es suivantes. - Libairie Clavreuil","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-03T12:50:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T16:52:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-l-amerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes-9321-661907f1c1009.jpg","width":534,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/raveneau-de-lussan-journal-du-voyage-fait-a-la-mer-de-sud-avec-les-flibustiers-de-lamerique-en-1684-annees-suivantes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All our books","item":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/all-our-books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN Journal du voyage fait \u00e0..."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/","name":"Libairie Clavreuil","description":"Livres anciens, manuscrits rares et \u00e9ditions originales \u2013 Librairie Clavreuil","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#organization","name":"Libairie Clavreuil","url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-LOGO_PNG_DATE-_gold-512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-LOGO_PNG_DATE-_gold-512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Libairie Clavreuil"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/librairieclavreuil\/"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/85353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=85353"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=85353"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=85353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}