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J. F. REGNARD'S FAMOUS TRAVELS BL. A. TO TOWER CRASH TO SEE THE END OF THE WORLD.
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854564. J. F. REGNARD'S FAMOUS TRAVELS BL. A. TO TOWER CRASH TO SEE THE END OF THE WORLD.
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854564. J. F. REGNARD'S FAMOUS TRAVELS BL. A. TO TOWER CRASH TO SEE THE END OF THE WORLD.
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Regnard, Jean-Francois (1655-1709). Oeuvres de Regnard I-VI avec des avertissemens et des remarques sur chaque pièce par M. G*** New edition. 6 volumes Complete. Imprimerie De Monsieur & La Veuve Duchesne, Paris, 1789-90. New edition. Six 8vo volumes older half vellum bindings with marbled covers. Dull backs and yellow cuts. With an engraved portrait of Rigaud, 7 copper engravings by Moreau le Jeuner and 4 by Marillier. Rare complete. The first part contains Regnard's travels to Flanders and the Netherlands as well as to Lapland, Poland and Germany.
Jean François Regnard, prolific writer, traveler and rentier, traveled for pleasure, among other things. a. to Lapland in 1683 to see the end of the world. At Torneträsk he and his company thought he had arrived at his final destination and had carved in a stone (in Latin): Gaul gave birth to us, Africa saw us, from the Ganges we have drunk, and all Europe beheld; after changing fortunes on land and sea, we finally stood there, where the world ended for us." The same inscription is found in a piece of wood in Jukkasjärvi church. Regnard's travelogue Voyage de Laponie (1731) was not published in Swedish until 1945.
Condition
Sunned spines and stained covers with some rubbing. But well-cohesive bands. The text slightly layer stained here and there with some spots, not hard. In a couple of volumes a little wormhole at the inner fold without touching the text.
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854564. J. F. REGNARD'S FAMOUS TRAVELS BL. A. TO TOWER CRASH TO SEE THE END OF THE WORLD.
Description
Regnard, Jean-Francois (1655-1709). Oeuvres de Regnard I-VI avec des avertissemens et des remarques sur chaque pièce par M. G*** New edition. 6 volumes Complete. Imprimerie De Monsieur & La Veuve Duchesne, Paris, 1789-90. New edition. Six 8vo volumes older half vellum bindings with marbled covers. Dull backs and yellow cuts. With an engraved portrait of Rigaud, 7 copper engravings by Moreau le Jeuner and 4 by Marillier. Rare complete. The first part contains Regnard's travels to Flanders and the Netherlands as well as to Lapland, Poland and Germany.
Jean François Regnard, prolific writer, traveler and rentier, traveled for pleasure, among other things. a. to Lapland in 1683 to see the end of the world. At Torneträsk he and his company thought he had arrived at his final destination and had carved in a stone (in Latin): Gaul gave birth to us, Africa saw us, from the Ganges we have drunk, and all Europe beheld; after changing fortunes on land and sea, we finally stood there, where the world ended for us." The same inscription is found in a piece of wood in Jukkasjärvi church. Regnard's travelogue Voyage de Laponie (1731) was not published in Swedish until 1945.
Condition
Sunned spines and stained covers with some rubbing. But well-cohesive bands. The text slightly layer stained here and there with some spots, not hard. In a couple of volumes a little wormhole at the inner fold without touching the text.
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