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CHARLEVOIX, Pierre François Xavier de (1682-1761). Journal of a Voyage to North-America. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.
2 volumes, 8o (202 x 125 mm). Half-titles, 4-page publisher's advertisements in volume two. Engraved folding map of the Atlantic Ocean and eastern North America (pale offsetting). Contemporary polished speckled calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering- pieces (slightest wear at extremities).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THE FIRST GENERAL HISTORY OF CANADA, and "one of the best works on Canada" (Le Clerc). This English edition comprises a translation of the third volume of Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France (first published Paris, 1744, see previous lot). Father Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. His travels among the Indians of Canada relate, in accurate and vivid detail, the tribes' habits, customs, and religious rites. Clark Old South I:60; Field 283; Graff 651; Howes C-308; Lande 128; Sabin 12139. A FINE COPY WITH THE SCARCE ADVERTISEMENT LEAVES. (2)
2 volumes, 8o (202 x 125 mm). Half-titles, 4-page publisher's advertisements in volume two. Engraved folding map of the Atlantic Ocean and eastern North America (pale offsetting). Contemporary polished speckled calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering- pieces (slightest wear at extremities).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THE FIRST GENERAL HISTORY OF CANADA, and "one of the best works on Canada" (Le Clerc). This English edition comprises a translation of the third volume of Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France (first published Paris, 1744, see previous lot). Father Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. His travels among the Indians of Canada relate, in accurate and vivid detail, the tribes' habits, customs, and religious rites. Clark Old South I:60; Field 283; Graff 651; Howes C-308; Lande 128; Sabin 12139. A FINE COPY WITH THE SCARCE ADVERTISEMENT LEAVES. (2)