DUGAY-TROUIN - Lot 61

Lot n° 61
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DUGAY-TROUIN - Lot 61
DUGAY-TROUIN Memoirs of Mr. Dugay-Trouin. Lieutenant General of the French Naval Armies. S.l. [Paris], s.n., 1740. In-4 (254 x 198 mm) of [2] ff, XL, 284 pages. brown calf, double cold fillet on the boards, coat of arms stamped in gold in the center, spine with gilt fleurons, red morocco title-piece (contemporary binding). FIRST OFFICIAL EDITION OF THE MEMORIES COMPOSED BY DUGUAY-TROUIN, continued by Lagarde-Jazier, his nephew and published by Godard de Beauchamp his friend (Brunet II, 1780). There were some clandestine editions but of a more restricted format. The illustration in the first edition includes a frontispiece portrait of Duguay-Trouin by De Larmessin, 5 plates including 4 folding ones (3 of naval combats and 2 of ships), and a large plan of the bay and the port of Rio de Janeiro by A. Coquart. Superb copy in large paper bound with the arms of Alexandre de la ROCHEFOUCAULD. It comes from the library of the Château de la Roche-Guyon, with stamp on the title. Some browned and stained leaves. Upper spine damaged.
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