8 v. :|bill., port., maps, plans ;|c17 cm. (12mo) First printed in Paris, 1722

Two other 1742 editions exist: Paris : C.J.B. Delespine, and Paris : J. de Nully

Colophons of v. 1-8 reads: "De l'imprimerie de Ch. Jean-Bapt. Delespine, imp. lib. ord. du Roy, ruë Saint Jacques, au Palmier, 1741"

Pagination: v. 1: xxxvi, [14], 472 p., [21] leaves of plates (10 folded); v. 2: [6], 444 p., [17] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 3: [6], 475, [1] p., [30] leaves of plates (13 folded); v. 4: [4], 533, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 5: [6], 351, 356-418 p.; v. 6: [4], 502 p., [14] leaves of plates (7 folded); v. 7: vi, 516 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 8: [6], 437, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates

Signatures: v. 1: ã¹ (-ã14) e¹² A-T¹² V; v. 2: pi1 a² A-S¹² T; v. 3: pi1 a² (a2 verso blank) A-T¹² V X² (X2 verso blank) (K4 missigned H4); v. 4: a² A-Y¹² Z (-Z4) (Z3 verso blank); v. 5: pi1 a² (a2 verso blank) A-R¹² S (-S4); v. 6: pi² A-X¹² (-X12) (G4 missigned G5; X4 missigned X5); v. 7: a (-a4) A-X¹² Y; v. 8: pi1 a² A-S¹² T

Title pages printed in red and black; woodcut printer's ornaments on title page; head and tail pieces; initials

Includes indexes

Alden, J.E. European Americana

Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne

Brown, J. C., Cat., 1493-1800

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary speckled calf

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