Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 288

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(LOUISIANA.) Champigny, Jean Bochart, chevalier de. Etat-present de la Louisiane bound with Volume III of the unrelated Les Hommes comme il y en a peu (Bouillon, 1776). 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints starting; minimal foxing; inked library stamp on flyleaf. The Hague, 1776
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Second edition, following one titled "La Louisiane ensanglantee" in 1773. An important account of the Louisiana Rebellion of 1768, in which French colonists resisted the transfer of power to Spain, and were crushed by Governor Alejandro O'Reilly. Howes C278 ("b"); Sabin 11824; Streeter sale III:1569. Only two copies of either edition known at auction since 1982.