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<dl><dd>The author maintains that the Garden of Eden was located in Mesopotamia rather than in America or elsewhere. Also refers to El Dorado and Ophir</dd>
<dd>Added engraved title page reads: De la sitvation dv paradis terrestre, and has imprint: A Paris chez Jean Anisson directeur de l'imprimerie royale</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) a¹⁰ (a1 verso blank) A-K¹² (A7 verso blank) L¹⁰ (L10 verso blank)</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>"Carte de la situation du paradis terrestre": folded map denoting the location of the Garden of Eden is bound between p. [22], 1st count, and p. [1], 2nd count</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting one leaf of plates</dd>
<dd>Brunet</dd>
<dd>Cioranescu, A. 17. s.</dd>
<dd>Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700</dd>
<dd>European Americana</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy has p. 171-172 and 189-190 as cancels which are tipped in between p. [10] and [11], 3rd count</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf</dd>
<dd>Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Caroli Puini: book stamp on title page</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Eden; Paradise; El Dorado; Ophir; Imprint 1691</div>
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Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721</div>
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