Histoire du Paraguay
“Still is a classic work on Paraguay. The influence of his books on the philosophes of the eighteenth century was considerable” (Borba de Moraes).
First edition of this important work on Paraguay illustrated with 7 beautiful plates.
3 volumes 4° of : I/ (4) ll., 489 pp., XXXIII pp., (2) ll., 1 map, 1 plate ; II/ (2) ff., 350 pp., CLVIII pp., (1) l. and 2 maps ; III/ (2) ll., 285 pp., CCCXVI pp., (1) l., 1 map, 2 plates ; contemporary marbled calf, decorated ribbed spine, morocco lettering piece, decorated lead edges, red edges.
251 X 192 mm.
Charlevoix, Pierre-François Xavier de. Histoire du Paraguay.
Paris, Desaint & Saillant, David et Durand, 1756.
First edition of « the best work on history of Paraguay, also very important for missions’ history in Brazil » (Chadenat).
Borba de Moraes, 179 ; Leclerc, 317 et 1881 ; Palau, 67167 ; Sabin, 12129 ; Rich, I, 120 ; Sommervogel, II, 1079 ; Chadenat, I, 2252, 2823, 3950 et 6226 ; Boucher de la Richarderie, VI, 315.
“Still is a classic work on Paraguay. The influence of his books on the philosophes of the eighteenth century was considerable” (Borba de Moraes).
« The most complete and most satisfying relation we have on Paraguay »
(Boucher de la Richarderie).
« Rare and very estimated work illustrated with 4 beautiful maps and 3 plans, including the one of Buenos Ayres. Highly sought-after » (Chadenat).
Charlevoix's skillfully written work, with its emphasis on the vulnerability and simplicity on the "noble savage" and a utopian ideal in the jungles of South American, influenced eighteenth-century French and English philosophy.
A precious and beautiful copy preserved in its contemporary binding.
