Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

tern regions he visited, Le Gouz is most informative on north India and its relations
to Persia' (Lach, Asia in the making of Europe III, p.408-409). On his return journey
he visited Egypt. Including one of the earliest European accounts of the epic
Ramayana and a large description of Turkey. With fine plates of the Indian Gods. - A
very fine copy. - Rare.
Tiele 624; not in Cat. NHSM; Howgego p.581; Attabey Collection 645 -646 (French
ed.); not in the Blackmer Collection. – See illustration.
89 LABARTHE, Pierre. Voyage a la côte de Guinée, ou description des côtes
d'Afrique, depuis le cap Tagrin jusq'au cap de Lopez-Gonzalves. Contenant, des
instructions relatives à la traite des noirs, d'après des mémoires authentiques. Paris,
Debray, an XI - 1803.
Sm.8vo. Later half calf, spine gilt with red morocco title-label. With hand-coloured
folding map. 310;(2) pp. € 1.100,00
First edition. - Ample description of Guinea, West Africa. Including information
about the treatment of the blacks. 'Pierre Labarthe (1760-1824) fut nommé en 1794
chef du Bureau des Colonies orientales et des côtes d'Afrique, et occupa cette place
jusqu'en 1808 .. Il avait recueilli de nombreux documents authentiques et des observations
importantes qu'il a consignés dans des ouvrages encore consultés avec fruit'
(Hoefer). - A fine copy.
Cardinall 574; Work p.12; Joucla p.149; Chadenat 4330; Gay 2818.
90 LAFITEAU, Joseph François. De zeden der wilden van Amerika. Zynde een
nieuwe uitvoerige en zeer kurieuse beschryving van derzelver oorsprong, godsdienst,
manier van oorlogen, huwelyken, opvoeding, oeffeningen, feesten, danzeryen, begravenissen,
en andere zeldzame gewoonten. 's Gravenhage, Gerard vander Poel, 1731.
2 volumes in 1. Folio. Contemporary calf (sl. rubbed), spine richly gilt (foot of spine
dam.; hinges sl. dam.), with red morocco title label (sl. dam.). With 2 title-pages
printed in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved map and 41
engraved plates. (54),560 pp. (wrongly numbered). € 2.250,00
First Dutch edition. - Joseph François Lafiteau (1681-1746) was a Jesuit missionary
assigned to Canada from 1711 to 1718. He served the Iroquois mission of Sault
Saint-Louis from 1712 to 1717. This encyclopaedic work is one of the most earliest
accounts. He describes with great detail and accuracy the customs, religious beliefs
and social organization of the Iroquois and Huron Indians. The engraved plates are
finely executed and illustrative of aboriginal life and peculiarities. This work is a pioneering
anthropological study. - With small library stamp of the Rhode Island
Historical Society. - A clean copy.
Tiele 637; Cat. NHSM I, p.263; Muller, Americana, p.91; Sabin 38598; Howes L22;
European Americana VI, 731/128; Leclerc 814 (French ed.); TPL 158 (French ed.);
Howgego p. 602 ('great work').