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Lot 236
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. ISERT, Paul Erdmann (1756-1789). Voyages en Guinée et dans les îles Caraïbes en Amérique. Paris: Chez Maradan, 1793.
8vo (210 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved folding plate. (Scant spotting.) Original paste-paper wrappers, uncut (slight rubbing and sunning). Provenance: Bibliotheque de Pomme-Gorge (bookplate).
Later French edition, first published in German in 1788 of Isert’s experiences and critical views of the Danish transatlantic slave trade. Sabin 35244.
Property from the Collection of the Johnson Publishing Company Library