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: widow of Ganeau, 1744.
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: widow of Ganeau, 1744.
A fresh, very attractive copy of the first edition of the first general history of Canada by the great Jesuit travel writer and historian; the book was simultaneously issued under five imprints in 1744, with no priority. Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. 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. Volume II includes a lengthy description of numerous plants, many native to Canada. ‘One of the best works on Canada’ (Le Clerc). Alden-Landis 744/53; Howes C-307; JCB (1) III, 763; Lande 125; Le Clerc 698; Sabin 12135.
3 volumes, quarto (249 x 190 mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, with allegorical engraved vignettes. 28 engraved maps or plans, 25 of these double-page or folding, and 44 engraved plates on 22 folding sheets; engraved vignettes and cul-de-lampes (Carte de la partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada map with short closed tear, else a clean, fresh copy). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco lettering- and numbering-pieces (joints seamlessly repaired at extremities, corners skillfully repaired, spines a little rubbed). Provenance: J.A.M. Martin d'Offigny, French military doctor, fl. early 1800s (ownership inscriptions on all titles).
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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: widow of Ganeau, 1744.
A fresh, very attractive copy of the first edition of the first general history of Canada by the great Jesuit travel writer and historian; the book was simultaneously issued under five imprints in 1744, with no priority. Charlevoix landed at Quebec, and surveyed the French settlements and trade routes along the St. Laurent and Mississippi valleys. 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. Volume II includes a lengthy description of numerous plants, many native to Canada. ‘One of the best works on Canada’ (Le Clerc). Alden-Landis 744/53; Howes C-307; JCB (1) III, 763; Lande 125; Le Clerc 698; Sabin 12135.
3 volumes, quarto (249 x 190 mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, with allegorical engraved vignettes. 28 engraved maps or plans, 25 of these double-page or folding, and 44 engraved plates on 22 folding sheets; engraved vignettes and cul-de-lampes (Carte de la partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada map with short closed tear, else a clean, fresh copy). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco lettering- and numbering-pieces (joints seamlessly repaired at extremities, corners skillfully repaired, spines a little rubbed). Provenance: J.A.M. Martin d'Offigny, French military doctor, fl. early 1800s (ownership inscriptions on all titles).
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