Record Les avantures de Monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchêne, capitaine de flibustiers dans la Nouvelle France / rédigées par M. Le Sage | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Les avantures de Monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchêne, capitaine de flibustiers dans la Nouvelle France / rédigées par M. Le Sage

Physical description:: 2 v., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 18 cm. (12mo)

Notes:: First edition.; This work is an imaginary biography of Robert, Chevalier de Beauchêne--Cf. Oxford companion to French literature.; Although this biography of Chevalier de Beauchêne is viewed by many as fiction, the Dictionnaire de Biographie Française states that he really did live. In addition to the memoirs presented by his wife, evidence is found of the baptism in Montreal of a Robert Chevalier whom it is believed later became the sieur de Beauchêne.; Engraved plates signed Bonnard del.; J.B. Scotin, sculp.; Woodcut printer's device on t.p., head- and tail-pieces, initials.; Colophon: De l'Imprimerie de L.D. Delatour, 1732.; Pages 154, 262, t. 1, p. 239, t. 2, misnumbered 150, 622, 139, respectively.; Signatures: t.1, pi² ã⁸ A-Q¹² R⁴ (R4 blank; E5-6, G5 missigned B5-6, C5); t.2, ã⁴ A-P¹² Q² (Q2 verso blank).