Lettre de M.D.L.C. a M***

sur le sort des Astronomes qui ont eu part aux dernieres mesures de la terre, despuis 1735. Lettre de M. Godin des Odonais, & l'adventure tragique de Madame Godin dans son voyage de la province de Quito, a Cayenne, par le fleuve des Amazones. 8vo. Issued without title page, disbound. 30pp. [Paris?] 20 October,

Although there are other undated editions this is probably the first.The prefatory letter by La Condamine is overshadowed in importance by that of Godin, who relates his wife's voyage to meet him in Quito circa 1762, and then their joint travels in the ten years that followed until their return in 1773.

Rare. Only 1 copy in COPAC, a handful in WorldCat (most of which are in France). 

Stock Code: 194868