[Africa]. SNELGRAVE (Guillaume); COULANCE (A. Fr. D. de), tr - Lot 173

[Africa]. SNELGRAVE (Guillaume); COULANCE (A. Fr. D. de), trans. Nouvelle relation de quelques endroits de Guinée A Amsterdam, au depens de la Compagnie, 1735. In-12, [12] f. (including title and dedication), 348 p., 1 folding map, contemporary marbled fawn basane, 5-nerved spine, red title-piece, caissons decorated with gilt fleurons and double fillet, marbled edges (corners worn, epidermis on spine and joins, small loss on upper headpiece, tiny split in margin of map towards tab). First French translation published one year after the English original, given by A. Fr. D. de Coulange, of this work dedicated by the author to the merchants of London, négocians à la côte de Guine . It includes a folding map engraved on copper by d'Anville illustrating the Guinea coast, dated 1729. Early signature on one endpaper: Carvathione (?). (Chadenat, 5130).