The Travels Of Sir Le Maire In The Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Senegal And Gambia-1695-5 Plates

The Travels of Sieur Le Maire to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Senegal, and Gambia. Under Monsieur Dancourt, Director General of the Royal Company of Africa.
Paris at Jacques Collombat, 1695.
In-12 (166 x 95 mm), period full calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands 205 pp. preceded by a preface and the catalog of new books from the bookseller and followed by the table of contents and the extract from the privilege of the King.
Complete with illustrations: fold-out map of the port and harbor of Brest and 5 inset plates.
First edition.
Rare first edition recounting Le Maire's trip to West Africa and the Atlantic islands off the African coast. Le Maire, a doctor with the Compagnie d'Afrique, describes the places visited, their inhabitants, customs and animals.
An important work for the study of West Africa in the 17th century, exchanges between Africans and Europeans and the slave trade.
Good condition - split joint on the upper cover with lack of binding at the junction of the nerves on this cover; hole on the back; dented corners and binding losses on lower corners; reference label glued on the inside cover; small handwritten mark at the top right of the flyleaf; small folds and tears to the map.