Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 72

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(CANADA.) Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, S.J. History and General Description of New France . . . Translated, with Notes, by John Gilmary Shea. 18 maps and plans, 11 (of 12) portraits, 5 plates, lacks portrait of Ferland in Volume 6. 6 volumes. 4to, later buckram with leather lettering pieces; few half-titles and frontispieces loose; bookplates of G. Owen Bonawit on front pastedowns, ex-library with white ink shelf number on backstrips, perforated stamp on titles, and markings on rear endpapers. New York, 1866-72

Additional Details

first edition in english of the historical portion of Charlevoix's work; an English version of the journal of his voyage to North America was published separately in 1761. Howes C307, Sabin 12137, TPL 189.