Lot 733
[RARE LOUISIANA HISTORY] Voyage de la Louisiane Fait par Ordre du Roy En l'annee mil sept cent vingt: dans lequel sont traitees diverses matieres de Physique, Astronomie, Geographie & Marine...Par le P. Laval, Professeur Royal, published by Jean Mariette, Paris, 1728, full calf, raised bands, gilt lettering, features over thirty maps, charts and plates, many fold-out, including maps of the coast of Louisiana, route of the voyage from France to the Mississippi, Pensacola, Martinique, Cartagena, Cuba and charts of weather and navigational readings, 10 x 7.75 ins. E7000-9000 Note: One of the first major publications relating to Louisiana, this book details the results of the first important survey of Louisiana, the French government-sponsored, scientific expedition under the command of Vallette Laudun in 1720, three years after the founding of New Orleans The maps included were the most accurate produced of the Gulf Coast to that time.
Shipping Options
Accepted Forms of Payment:
Neal Auction Company
You agree to pay a buyer's premium of 0% and any applicable taxes and shipping.