Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
GAGE, THOMAS. Nouvelle Relation Contenant les Voyages . . . dans la Nouvelle Espagne . . . Nicaragua jusqu'à la Havane, avec la Description de la Ville de Mexique. 4 maps, 13 plates. [22], 200, 178; [10], 316 pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf, minor wear and repairs, bottom edge of first backstrip chipped; moderate dampstaining, without half-titles; title pages in red and black. (GM) Amsterdam, 1721

Additional Details

A later French edition of Gage's travels in Spanish America. The folding map of the Americas depicts California as an island. Sabin calls for 12 plates, but copies have appeared for sale with as many as 14. European Americana 721/76; Palau 96486n (calls for fewer pages); Sabin 26307.