Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CANADA.) Lahontan, Louis-Armand, Baron de. Nouveaux Voyages . . . dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. One folding map (of 3), 23 engraved plates, including Volume I frontispiece. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, backstrip ends chipped; occasional light browning, Volume II front free endpaper loose. The Hague: François l'Honoré, 1705
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Set of three volumes, titled Nouveaux Voyages..., Memoires de l'Amerique Septentrionale..., and Dialogues... First published in 1703, "Lahontan's work is devoted almost entirely to the description of Indian life in Canada, and is one of the best early works on the subject"--Streeter sale 1:107. European Americana 705/110, Howes L25.