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INCLUDES THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF CHAMPLAIN (CANADA.) Serres, Jean de. A General Inventorie of the History of France. Text illustrations. Folio, contemporary calf, worn, joints held by cords; title page defective with slight loss to engraving and imprint line and coming detached, wear to first and final few leaves, intermittent dampstaining, lacking blank T4. London: George Eld, 1607
First edition in English. An influential history of France, translated by Edward Grimeston. Among Grimeston's notable additions is a selection from Champlain titled "The Navigation of the French to New France or Canada" (pages 1020-22), describing the Indians he encountered at Tadoussac in 1603. See Flenley, "The First English Translation of Champlain," Canadian Historical Review 28 (1947). European Americana 607/84; not in Gagnon, Lande, Sabin, or TPL.
