Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
July 15, 1774
Primary Source Reference:
Museum Auction Broadside, Lot 17 (Books and Papers Relating to America)
Labat, Jean Baptiste (1663-1738),
Notes:
Listed in Library Company's 1789 Catalogue; inscribed: Presenté a mon ami Mr. Du Simitiere ... le 15 juillet 1774. Flaherty [?] interprète pour le roi.
Valued at 2s 6d in Du Simitière's estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 9
"Cuts" indicates the presence of illustrations (usually engraved).
Du Simitière lent a copy of this work to Mr. Darré on 25 Sep 1776 and to "Lieut. Hambauer [Herrnbauer?]" of Bayreuth (preumably a Hessian soldier) on 6 Feb 1778. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 16v, 24v
Title Information:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique
Imprint Information:
Hague: P. Husson et al., 1724
Repository:
LCP, call no. Am 1724 Lab 482.Q
