(INDIANS) Lafitau Joseph François De Zeden der Wilden van Am

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(INDIANS.) Lafitau, Joseph François. De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika. Map, frontispiece, 41 plates. [4], 36, [18], 555 [ie 560] pages. 2 volumes in one. Folio, blind-tooled vellum-covered boards, moderate wear, front joint split; minimal dampstaining, dealer description laid down on front pastedown; title pages in red and black, also with half-titles. The Hague: vander Poel, 1731

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First Dutch edition of "Moeurs de Sauvages Ameriquains." "Comprehensive and meticulous information on the Iroquois and other northern tribes acquired by a long residence among them"--Howes L22. European Americana 731/128; Field 851 ("a grand cyclopedia of Indian history and customs . . . principally of the Indians of Canada"); Sabin 38598.