FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. A Voyage to the South-Sea and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru.

FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. A Voyage to the South-Sea and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru. 37 maps and plates. Small 4to, later 1/2 calf, worn, covers detached, backstrip defective; some foxing and soiling; ex-library, with a blindstamp to the title, inked stamps on verso of each plate, and bookplates on the front pastedown. London: Jonah Boyer, 1717

first edition in english. "This English translation contains the same engravings as the original, and is preferable to the latter by reason of Halley's postscript, in which some geographical errors of Frezier are corrected. On page 147 is an interesting account of Guano"--Sabin 25926; Field 568; Palau 94965; Alden 717/66.
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