Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CANADA.) Lahontan, Louis-Armand, Baron de. Nouveaux Voyages . . . dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. 3 folding maps (one with a short repaired tear), 23 plates. 2 volumes. 12mo, 19th-century 1/4 calf, minor wear; quite clean internally, Volume I replacement flyleaf loose and front free endpaper nearly so. The Hague: François l'Honoré, 1715

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The second volume is titled Memoires de l''Amerique Septentrionale. 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 I:107. European Americana 715/93; Howes L25; Sabin 38641-2.