Relation de la grande isle Madagascar, contenant ce qvi s'est passé entre les François & les originaires de cette isle, depuis l'an 1642, iusques en l'an 1655, 1656, 1657.
Etienne de Flacourt (1607-1660)
Category
Books
Date
1661
Materials
Place of origin
Troyes
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3173693
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],202;[12],203-471,[1]p., [3] leaves of plates, [11] folded leaves of plates :. ill., maps;. 4to. Former shelfmark: 97.B and 1C. Provenance: Ink stamp on verso of title page: H. Cavendish [i.e.: Henry Cavendish (1731-1810)]. Gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS [i.e. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)]. Library bookplate: "Chatsworth Bookcase - Shelf -" marked 'Dupl' in pencil. Manuscript note by contemporary reader on final leaf 'Je l'ai finy le 4esme de XIo[?]: 1621 [sic, perhaps for 1661]' Binding: nineteenth-century half morocco, marbled paper sides; marbled endpapers; gilt-lettered 'Flacourt Histoire de Madagascar'
Makers and roles
Etienne de Flacourt (1607-1660) François Clousier (d.1676) Nicolas Oudot (1616-1692)