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143 - [TRAVELS]. HENNEPIN (Louis). NEW DISCOVERY OF A VERY LARGE C…
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[TRAVELS]. HENNEPIN (Louis). NEW DISCOVERY OF A VERY LARGE COUNTRY LOCATED IN AMERICA, between New Mexico, and the Arctic Ocean, with the necessary maps and illustrations, as well as its natural and social history, and the benefits to be derived from the establishment of colonies. Utrecht, Guillaume Broedelet, 1697. In-12 brown calfskin, ribbed spine divided into compartments and decorated with gilt fleurons, fawn-coloured title label, gilt roulette on the edges, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); engraved frontispiece title, (35) folios including printed title, preface, notice to the reader and table of contents, 506 pp. [i.e. 516 pp., 10 pp. numbered ‘313*’ inserted between pages 312 and 313], 2 maps and 2 plates out of text. Binding rubbed, with snags and small areas of leather missing from the caps; gilt lettering on the spine faded; 3 corners blunt; lower edge water-stained and gnawed over 1 or 2 mm; a small light-brown water stain on the lower margin of the text block; none of this affects the text or the engravings; old reinforcement at the fold of the first map; a few old handwritten annotations in the margins, . FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT EARLY ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPLORATION OF NORTH AMERICA, dedicated to William III of England. The illustrations include a TITLE-FRONTISPICE depicting a Native American, 2 LARGE FOLD-OUT MAPS of the regions between New Mexico and the Arctic Ocean, as well as 2 PLATES, one depicting a bison, the other depicting NIAGARA FALLS, this being the FIRST PUBLISHED ENGRAVED REPRESENTATION. The frontispiece (with a tiny tear in the lower margin), the two maps and the two plates are in fine condition. The Récollets missionary and companion of Cavelier de La Salle, Louis HENNEPIN (1626–1704) draws here on material from his 1683 *Description de la Louisiane*, expanding it notably to include an alleged descent of the Mississippi to its mouth—an account whose veracity has been hotly contested. The work remains an IMPORTANT SOURCE for the history of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. A GOOD COPY, preserved in its original binding, complete with all its leaves and inserts. AS IS. ¶ Provenance: Handwritten bookplate ‘G. W. Alberti / Amaelod. 1747’ in the side margin of the title page and an oval blue-ink stamp ‘DOM. S. ALOYS. JERSEIENS. S.J.’ in blue ink in the lower right-hand corner of the title page, from the library of the Maison Saint-Louis in Jersey, of the Society of Jesus – Bibliographical sources: Sabin, 31349 - Church, 762 - Field, 685 - Lande, 423 - Streeter, I-104.
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