COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738.
Author (contributor):
Slave Dwellings Exhibition (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Haiti Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, : contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, l'origine, les moeurs, la religion & le gouvernement des habitans anciens & modernes. Les guerres & les evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le séjour que l'auteur y a fait. /
Publisher:
Rue Jacques Chez Guillaume Cavelier pere libraire au Lys d'or
Begin Publication Date:
1742
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991006290969706966
Permanent Call Number:
E742 .L114n
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 35892
Uniform Resource Identifier:
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Subjects:
Natural history--West Indies.
Subjects:
Slave trade--West Indies, French.
Subjects:
Slavery--West Indies, French.
Subjects:
Carib Indians--Social life and customs.
Subjects:
West Indies, French--Description and travel.
Subjects:
West Indies--Description and travel.
Subjects:
Haiti--Description and travel--To 1791.
Subjects:
Imprint 1742.
General Note:
First printed in Paris, 1722.; Two other 1742 editions exist: Paris : C.J.B. Delespine, and Paris : J. de Nully.; Colophons of v. 1-8 reads: "De l'imprimerie de Ch. Jean-Bapt. Delespine, imp. lib. ord. du Roy, ruë Saint Jacques, au Palmier, 1741"; Pagination: v. 1: xxxvi, [14], 472 p., [21] leaves of plates (10 folded); v. 2: [6], 444 p., [17] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 3: [6], 475, [1] p., [30] leaves of plates (13 folded); v. 4: [4], 533, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 5: [6], 351, 356-418 p.; v. 6: [4], 502 p., [14] leaves of plates (7 folded); v. 7: vi, 516 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 8: [6], 437, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates.; Signatures: v. 1: ã¹⁴ (-ã14) ẽ¹² A-T¹² V⁸; v. 2: pi1 a² A-S¹² T⁶; v. 3: pi1 a² (a2 verso blank) A-T¹² V⁸ X² (X2 verso blank) (K4 missigned H4); v. 4: a² A-Y¹² Z⁴ (-Z4) (Z3 verso blank); v. 5: pi1 a² (a2 verso blank) A-R¹² S⁴ (-S4); v. 6: pi² A-X¹² (-X12) (G4 missigned G5; X4 missigned X5); v. 7: a⁴ (-a4) A-X¹² Y⁶; v. 8: pi1 a² A-S¹² T⁶; Title pages printed in red and black; woodcut printer's ornaments on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.; Includes indexes.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary speckled calf.