[ MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, A.-G. ]Livre Rare Book
[MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, Anne-Gabriel].Biblio.com
Half-title: Naufrage et retour en Europe de monsieur de Kearny.
1762A3KBBFCAXE78Paris: the author 1762. 20th-century sponge printed decorated paper wrappers in lavendar green and brown red sprinkled edges. 8vo. With a headpiece built up from Fournier's rococo cast fleurons. Set in Fournier types including decorated titling capitals. Very rare narrative of the loss of the English East Indiaman Fattysalam off the coast of Coromandel on 28 August 1761. It was written by the French counsellor man of letters and employee at the Royal library of King Louis XV Anne-Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon 1702-1780 Comte de Kearny and the book refers to him simply as De Kearny.The Fattysalam had been built at Bombay and had never been employed in the Indian seas. She was intended to carry great part of the stores taken by the English and near 500 troops which it had been thought fit to send to Bengal because after the regiment of Pondicherry they were not wanted on that coast.'' Duncan.Kearny was one out of 12 who had escaped from the ship which had been lost together with most of the crew. By way of the dominion of the Rajah of Arsapour Cuttack Barrasole and Calcutta the company arrived at Goupil Gupil where they spotted several of the East India Company's ships.The book gives no date place of publication or name of the publisher but Barbier indicates that is was published by De Kearny in 1764 the latest date mentioned in the account is 1762. The laid paper is watermarked with a cardinall's arms with "Fin DannonayMfleur-de-lisIohanot 1742" that is Mathieu Johannot in Annonay. The 1742 date was used in French paper for decades and Mathieu Johannot was active in Annonay to 1785. The types and ornaments appear in Pierre Simon Fournier's 1764 type specimen.Only slightly trimmed preserving some deckles. In very good condition with only a small marginal stain at the foot of pp. 35-36. The front wrapper with 2 tears along a fold.l Barbier III col.400 ''publiés par A.-G. Meusnier de Querlon 1764 in -8 48 pp.''; KVK 3 copies; Polak 13070; cf: Andrus and Start publishers Remarkable shipwrecks . Hartford 1813 pp. 94-108; Duncan The Mariner's Chronicle III pp. 180-198; not in Huntress; on the author: Dictionnaire des journalistes 1600-1789 online ed. the author?, unknown
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