Americas ULLOA (Antonio de) Mémoires philosophiques,... - Lot 810 - Briscadieu

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Americas ULLOA (Antonio de) Mémoires philosophiques,... - Lot 810 - Briscadieu
Americas ULLOA (Antonio de) Mémoires philosophiques, historiques, physiques, concernant la découverte de l'Amérique, ses anciens habitans, leurs moeurs, leurs usages, les produits des trois règnes de la nature les mines Paris, Buisson, 1787. 2 volumes in-8 : VIII, 376pp, 8f / 1f, 499pp, XV. Contemporary marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, bronze tomaisons, gilt fillet on edges, red edges. (CRILLON Louis-Anasthase de, abbé) : Mémoires philosophiques du baron*** Vienne, Berton, 1777. 2 volumes in-8, one frontispiece and 3 plates out of text. Contemporary marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, black end-pieces, small lack of a headband, cold fillet on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. First edition. First edition of the French translation by Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune. Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer and scientist, was governor in Peru and later governor of Louisiana. This first French translation includes many ethnographic, zoological and geological observations made in America.
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