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LAHONTAN, Louis Armand, Baron de (1666-1715). New Voyages to North-America. Containing An Account of the several Nations of that vast Continent... A Geographical Description of Canada... London: H. Bonwicke, T. Goodwin, W. Wotton, B. Tooke, 1703.
2 volumes, 8o (185 x 112 mm). 23 engraved plates (some folding), including frontispiece to vol. II; 2 engraved folding maps (backed with linen). (Lacks advertisement leaf in vol. I, a few plates closely trimmed with slight loss.) Early 20th-century panelled calf, edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf (rebacked preserving original spines); quarter calf slipcases. Provenance: Daniel T. Patton (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Lahontan came to New France in 1683 as captain of a regiment which he led in expeditions against the Iroquois. He travelled west in 1687 with Duluth and was given command of Fort St. Joseph on the St. Clair River. He left this post in 1688, venturing further west by the Fox-Wisconsin portage and reached the upper Mississippi. His work is considered one of the first comprehensive descriptions of the western part of the continent. This English edition expands the French edition of the same year, adding a map of Newfoundland and correcting the engravings. Alden & Landis 703/86; Arents Tobacco 454; JCB (1) III:36; Pilling Algonquian pp.290-91; Sabin 38644; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 6357; Streeter sale I:107. (2)
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Lahontan came to New France in 1683 as captain of a regiment which he led in expeditions against the Iroquois. He travelled west in 1687 with Duluth and was given command of Fort St. Joseph on the St. Clair River. He left this post in 1688, venturing further west by the Fox-Wisconsin portage and reached the upper Mississippi. His work is considered one of the first comprehensive descriptions of the western part of the continent. This English edition expands the French edition of the same year, adding a map of Newfoundland and correcting the engravings. Alden & Landis 703/86; Arents Tobacco 454; JCB (1) III:36; Pilling Algonquian pp.290-91; Sabin 38644; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 6357; Streeter sale I:107. (2)