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ROCHEFORT, CHARLES de. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Antilles de L'Amerique. 3 folding plates, numerous full-page illustrations. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf, quite worn, one cover loose, backstrips defective; minor toning and soiling, some dampstaining in the bottom margin of volume 2. Lyon, 1667
First published in Rotterdam in 1658 to encourage Hugenot emigration to the region, the detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Caribbean were the most accurate from that date. The work also includes some information about the natives of Florida and the Eskimos of Greenland. This edition includes a vocabulary at the end of volume 2. Sabin 72317; Alden 667/121.<
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