Lafitau, Joseph François (1681-1746) Moeurs des
Lafitau, Joseph François (1681-1746)Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps. Paris: Chez Saugrain & Hochereau, 1724.One of two editions printed in 1724; three 12mo volumes, (the other by the same printer in two quarto volumes), illustrated with folding frontispiece in volume one and thirty-two numbered folding engravings; some toning to contents, some plates with tears associated with careless unfolding (most repaired with tissue on versos), bound in full contemporary speckled leather, gilt-tooled spines, amateurishly repaired, 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (3)European Americana 724/98; Sabin 38597.
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Lafitau, Joseph François (1681-1746)Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps. Paris: Chez Saugrain & Hochereau, 1724.One of two editions printed in 1724; three 12mo volumes, (the other by the same printer in two quarto volumes), illustrated with folding frontispiece in volume one and thirty-two numbered folding engravings; some toning to contents, some plates with tears associated with careless unfolding (most repaired with tissue on versos), bound in full contemporary speckled leather, gilt-tooled spines, amateurishly repaired, 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (3)European Americana 724/98; Sabin 38597.
