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(CANADA.) Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, S.J. Histoire et Description Générale de la Nouvelle France, avec le JournalHistorique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. lacks the plates and maps. 6 volumes. 12mo, later 1/2 morocco, backstrip ends and raised bands worn, Volume 1 front cover detached, joints cracked or starting; scattered dark spotting in Volume 3; bookplates of Henry Marquand, with his gilt supra-libros on front covers. Paris, 1744
Small-format edition published the same year as the quarto original. "One of the most important works on the history of Canada and of the French establishments in Louisiana . . . one of the best authorities concerning the various Indian tribes, some of which no longer exist"--McGill/Lande 125 (quarto edition). European Americana 744/53, Howes C307, TPL 4697.
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