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Lot 135
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
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COXE, William (1747-1828). Les Nouvelles Decouvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique. Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1781.
4to (248 x 191 mm). Half-title; 5 folding engraved plates (4 maps). Contemporary mottled calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece gilt in second (light rubbing at extremities). Provenance: Perisse Freres (early catalogue label).
French translation of Coxe's English first edition of 1780 describing the voyages of the Russians in Asia and the Americas. Not in Sabin.