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Hermanni Witsii Exercitationum academicarum maxima ex parte historico- & critico-theologicarum, duodecas

Wits, Herman (1636-1708)

1694

Title in red and black, with vignette; head-pieces.

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Bibliotheca americana : histoire, géographie, voyages, archéologie et linguistique des deux Amériques et des îles Philippines

Leclerc, Charles (1843-1889)

1961

"Avant-propos" by P. Deschamps. Photographic reprint of the Paris, Maisonneuve edition, 1878-87. A second catalog of Amerìcana for sale by Maionneuve et cie., the first having appeared in l867. ...

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La saincte chorographie ou description des lieux ou reside l'Eglise Chrestienne par tout l'Univers

Geslin, P (fl. 1629)

1641

Printer's device on title page. Reprint of the Genève 1629 edition. Listed in Willems and often found with the Elzevier edition of Edwin Sandy's Relation de l'estat de la religion. Church in Am...

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Histoire des colonies européennes dans l'Amérique, en six parties (v.1)

Burke, William (1730-1798); Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); Eidous, Marc Antoine; Bowen, Emanuel (1767)

1767

The first French edition. Generally considered the joint work of Edmund and William Burke. The map is by Emanuel Bowen and is dated 1747. Translated by Marc Antoine Eidous.

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Histoire des colonies européennes dans l'Amérique, en six parties (v.2)

Burke, William (1730-1798); Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); Eidous, Marc Antoine; Bowen, Emanuel (1767)

1767

The first French edition. Generally considered the joint work of Edmund and William Burke. The map is by Emanuel Bowen and is dated 1747. Translated by Marc Antoine Eidous.

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.1-2)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Eidous, Marc Antoine

1777

A different translation, by Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard and Hendrik Jansen, was published in Paris, 1777. Paging: v. 1: xxiii, [1], 298 p.; v. 2: [4], 437, [3] p.; v. 3: [4], 456 p.; v. 4: [4], 381,...

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.3-4)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Eidous, Marc Antoine

1777

A different translation, by Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard and Hendrik Jansen, was published in Paris, 1777. Paging: v. 1: xxiii, [1], 298 p.; v. 2: [4], 437, [3] p.; v. 3: [4], 456 p.; v. 4: [4], 381,...

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.1)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Jansen, Hendrik (1741-1812); Dérival de Gomicourt; Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1734-1817)

1779

The translation of Suard and Jansen (Paris, Panckoucke, 1777) revised and compared with the 2d English ed. by Dérival de Gomicourt. cf. Quérard, La France littéraire.

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.2)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Jansen, Hendrik (1741-1812); Dérival de Gomicourt; Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1734-1817)

1779

The translation of Suard and Jansen (Paris, Panckoucke, 1777) revised and compared with the 2d English ed. by Dérival de Gomicourt. cf. Quérard, La France littéraire.

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.3)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Jansen, Hendrik (1741-1812); Dérival de Gomicourt; Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1734-1817)

1779

The translation of Suard and Jansen (Paris, Panckoucke, 1777) revised and compared with the 2d English ed. by Dérival de Gomicourt. cf. Quérard, La France littéraire.

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Histoire de l'Amérique (v.4)

Robertson, William (1721-1793); Jansen, Hendrik (1741-1812); Dérival de Gomicourt; Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1734-1817)

1779

The translation of Suard and Jansen (Paris, Panckoucke, 1777) revised and compared with the 2d English ed. by Dérival de Gomicourt. cf. Quérard, La France littéraire.

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