Naufrage du brick la jeune Sophie, Incendié par du Vitriol; Raconté par Mme Doubeden de Rouville, l’une des Victimes Naufragés, dans l’île déserte de la Trinité.

£3,750 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A desirable copy of this rare shipwreck narrative, further distinguished by being a family copy of the author. Under the signatures “Penon” and “Adolphe Penon” on the ffep is the inscription “Madame Doubeden de Rouville était notre parente.” Alas, so little is known of the author outside of this work—she isn’t mentione

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