Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 356

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(PIRATES.) Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur de. Journal du Voyage fait a la Mer de Sud, avec les Flibustiers de l'Amerique. [16], 272 pages. 12mo, later calf, minimal wear; inked number stamp on verso of title page and page 33. Paris: Coignard, 1690

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Second edition of a French buccaneer's memoirs; he was active in the West Indies and along the Pacific coast from Guatemala to Chile. "A rare and charming book. . . . Raveneau de Lussan was very devout, never allowing his crew to molest priests or nuns, or to sack churches. After taking a Spanish town, he and his men would attend Mass before commencing to loot. . . . He details both the romantic and the bleak sides of the buccaneering profession, interwoven with colorful descriptions of the natives of the regions and a clear picture of the Spanish colonies on the Pacific"--Hill 1423. European American 690/104; Palau 248537; Sabin 67984.