Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 585
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(TRAVEL.) Lahontan, Louis Armand, Baron de. Nouveaux Voyages . . . dans l'Amerique Septentrionale and Memoires de l'Amerique Septentrionale. 26 maps and plates. [18], 280; 222, [18] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, minor wear; edges tinted red; bookplates of bibliographer Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta on front pastedowns. The Hague, 1709

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Later edition of Lahontan's travels in the old Northwest, first published in 1703. The largest of the maps, "Carte Generale de Canada" (10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches), shows part of the Mississippi, all five Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and the Atlantic Coast. Includes several pages of Algonquin and Huron vocabulary. European Americana 709/90; Pilling 2180; Sabin 38639.