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(CANADA/ARCTIC.) Charlevoix, Pierre François-Xavier de.
Histoire et
description generale de la Nouvelle France.
20 (of 28) maps, 44 natural history plates.
6 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; short closed tears to some maps; bookplates on
front pastedowns.
Paris: Giffart, 1744
[1,000/1,500]
Second edition. The first 4 volumes of this set are a history of Canada, including an extensive
natural history section, and the final volumes are Charlevoix’s travels, including his tour of the
French settlements along the Mississippi. “One of the most important works there is relating to
Canada. It contains not only what the author saw himself, but he has collected from the best
authorities, and with great judgment, every thing important relating to the history of the coun-
try”—Rich 1774:19. Clark, Old South 60(1) (“one of the most valuable, if not the most
valuable, early accounts of Louisiana”); European Americana 744/56; Howes C307 (“aa”);
Lande 125; Sabin 12135; TPL 188.
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(CANADA/ARCTIC.) Ellis, Henry.
A voyage to Hudson’s-Bay . . . for discovering
a North West Passage.
Folding map, 9 plates. 8vo, 1912 morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf;
minor foxing; map and folding plates laid down on cloth; bookplate on front flyleaf.
London, 1748
[2,500/3,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
“A synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest
passage [and] an account of the voyage . . . which proved, finally, the non-existence of a
Northwest passage from Hudson’s Bay”—TPL 207. Also includes an early account of the
Eskimos. European Americana 748/59; Hill 540; Sabin 22312.
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(CANADA/ARCTIC.) Krascheninnikoff, Stephan Petrovich.
The History of
Kamtschatka.
2 folding maps, 5 plates. 4to, contemporary calf, worn, joints broken; free
endpapers detached, minor staining on a few leaves, closed tear on leaf S2.
Glocester, England, 1764
[800/1,200]
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
.
An abridged translation of a 1755 Russian narrative. Chapter IV
describes “that part of America which lies directly east from Kamtschatka,” based on notes by
Georg Wilhelm Steller. “One of the earliest accounts of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands”—
Hill 948. Arctic Bibliography 9264; Howes K265 (“aa”); Lada-Mocarski 12 (note); Sabin
38301; Wickersham 12 (note).
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