DUGUAY-TROUIN (René).

DUGUAY-TROUIN (René). Memoirs of Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin, Lieutenant General of the French Naval Forces and Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis. Amsterdam, Mortier, 1740. Quarto, marbled calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt central coat of arms, gilt roulette on the edges (contemporary binding). A Dutch counterfeit of the genuine French first edition published on the same date. It is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of

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