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BOUGAINVILLE, Jean Pierre de.
Paralléle de l'expédition d'Alexandre dans les Indes avec la conqu^ete des m^emes contrees par Tahmas-Kouli-Khan ...
n.p., n.p. 1752. First edition. 8vo., 141pp., woodcut title device and two culs-de-lampe, contemporary mottled calf, triple gilt fillets, spine with longitudinal brown morocco lettering piece and gilt cross-hatching, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, a fine copy.
Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (1722-1769), was secretary of the Académie Française from 1749, and brother of the famous circumnavigator, Louis. Querard I, p556; Brunet, Table 22865.
Price: £ 650
US Dollar Price: $ 980
Stock Number: 62928