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CHARLEVOIX, Pierre François Xavier De (1682-1761). Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France avec Le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amérique Septentrionnale. Paris: Rolin, 1744.
3 volumes, 4o (246 x 192 mm). Half-titles. Titles printed in red and black. 28 engraved maps or plans, 25 of these double-page or folding, and 44 engraved plates on 21 folding sheets; engraved vignettes and cul-de-lampes (short tear along folds of maps of the Isle de Terre-Neuve and the eastern part of Canada, map of Lousisiana slightly frayed along lower sheet edge, slight wrinkling to map of the coast of Louisiana and Florida). (Lacking Ddddd4 blank in vol. 2; G3 in vol. 1 with marginal tear just crossing text, a few occasional ruststains affecting a few letters.) Contemporary French speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt (rebacked preserving original spines, lacks lettering-pieces, some wear along joints and at extremities). Provenance: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (ca. 1694-1773; letter laid-in from a member of his staff mentioning that he has moved all of the books except Harris' Voyages to Powton, where Galloway House is located).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GENERAL HISTORY OF CANADA, and one of the best works on Canada (Le Clerc). Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. Volume II includes a lengthy description of numerous plants, many native to Canada. His Nouvelle France "is one of the best authorities concerning various Indian tribes, some of which no longer exist. The laborious accuracy with which the work was executed can be estimated by the fact that the maps, dated 1743, are marked with the latest discoveries, in 1742, in the extreme north of America" (Lande). The maps, including the important map of North America, are by Nicholas Bellin. The "Chronology" is here bound in volume II. The work was issued under a variety of imprints in 1744, with no priority. Alden & Landis 744/50; Howes C-307; JCB (1) III:763; Lande 125; Le Clerc 698; Sabin 12135. (3)
3 volumes, 4o (246 x 192 mm). Half-titles. Titles printed in red and black. 28 engraved maps or plans, 25 of these double-page or folding, and 44 engraved plates on 21 folding sheets; engraved vignettes and cul-de-lampes (short tear along folds of maps of the Isle de Terre-Neuve and the eastern part of Canada, map of Lousisiana slightly frayed along lower sheet edge, slight wrinkling to map of the coast of Louisiana and Florida). (Lacking Ddddd4 blank in vol. 2; G3 in vol. 1 with marginal tear just crossing text, a few occasional ruststains affecting a few letters.) Contemporary French speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt (rebacked preserving original spines, lacks lettering-pieces, some wear along joints and at extremities). Provenance: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (ca. 1694-1773; letter laid-in from a member of his staff mentioning that he has moved all of the books except Harris' Voyages to Powton, where Galloway House is located).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GENERAL HISTORY OF CANADA, and one of the best works on Canada (Le Clerc). Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. Volume II includes a lengthy description of numerous plants, many native to Canada. His Nouvelle France "is one of the best authorities concerning various Indian tribes, some of which no longer exist. The laborious accuracy with which the work was executed can be estimated by the fact that the maps, dated 1743, are marked with the latest discoveries, in 1742, in the extreme north of America" (Lande). The maps, including the important map of North America, are by Nicholas Bellin. The "Chronology" is here bound in volume II. The work was issued under a variety of imprints in 1744, with no priority. Alden & Landis 744/50; Howes C-307; JCB (1) III:763; Lande 125; Le Clerc 698; Sabin 12135. (3)