Récit historique, exact et sincère, par mer et par terre, de quatre voyages...

First and only edition. With lithographic portrait frontispiece, map and eight other plates. 8vo. Contemporary quarter green calf over green pebble-grain cloth, gilt titling to spine, upper board stamped with name of original owner, gilt stamp of anchor on lower board. Minor wear to extremities and head of spine. A very good copy. [i]-xii, [16], xiii-xx, 871, [1]blank pp. Versailles, M. Gendrin,

A privately printed memoir of travel and trade in South America.

In 1816, at the age of twenty-three, Gendrin left his native France for Rio de Janeiro. Once there he engaged in trading various commodities (including mirrors and watches), before embarking on a voyage to Valparaiso where he settled, again partaking in the developing trade (this time, of independent Chile). He then journeyed coast-to-coast, arriving at Buenos Aires, from where he departed for France.

Rare. Gendrin had a relatively small number of copies printed (probably less than 250, as 130 were sent to French libraries), all of which were presented to a library or individual. This copy is inscribed: “Offert par l’auteur a Monsieur paul lejeas, Versailles le 2. octobre 1857. V Gendrin”. 

No copies in Copac, though OCLC locates 13. Borba de Moraes, 1, 348. Not in Sabin. 

Stock Code: 222067