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Guillaume Chenu De Chalezac, The 'French Boy' the Narrative of His Experiences as a Huguenot Refugee
Vigne (Randolph) Editor.
Description:
Vigne (Randolph) Editor. Guillaume Chenu De Chalezac, The 'French Boy' the Narrative of His Experiences as a Huguenot Refugee, as a Castaway Among the Xhosa, His Rescue with the Stavenisse Survivors By the Centaurus, His Service at the Cape and Return to Europe, 1686-9. Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1993.
First Edition. 8vo., 174+pp., with illustrations; brown cloth gilt with pictorial dust-wrapper. Fine.
"Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, Sieur de Laujardiere, the 'boy of France', was brought to the Cape from the Ciskei coast with the Stavenisse survivors in 1687, after a year living in the household of a Xhosa chief. The narrative of his experiences is based on an account published in German in 1748, and later versions in French and German ..." Dust-wrapper.
Details:
- Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society
- Publisher Place: Cape Town
- Date of Publication: 1993
- Edition: First
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 392
- Hammer Price: $20
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 20
- Estimate: $25/30
- Reserve: $20
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