Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel
Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel Voyage to Hudson Bay 1749 Henri Ellis old French leather book exploration travel
$ 350.00

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Voyage de la Baye de Hudson fait en 1746 & 1747 pour la Decouverte du Passage de Nord-Ouest...description exacte des cotes & histoire naturelle des pays...passage aux Indes Orientales traduit de l'anglois, by Henri Ellis.
Published 1749, Paris by Ballard.
182 pages. Text in French. Tome premier (vol. 1- ONLY). With 2 folding engraved natural history plates (only, no map).

Period mottled calf leather binding, smooth spine, gilt compartment decorations, gilt title lettering on contrasting red leather label, marbled end papers. 

Binding remains clean, tight, and sound. Interior contents display a pleasing age patina, largely free of age spotting.

Book remains well preserved and attractive on the shelf. It displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, the age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 6 5/8" H x 4" W.

[B941].