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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
[1,000/1,500]
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.
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(JESUITS.)
Annuae litterae Societatis Jesu anni M D LXXXI.
218 pages plus
three blank leaves. 8vo, later vellum, minor wear; minor worming in inner margin,
otherwise quite fresh; early inscription on title page.
Rome: Jesuit College, 1583
[2,500/3,500]
The first of the annual collections of Jesuit letters that were issued through 1654. News from
Brazil is given on pages 105 to 111, and from Mexico on pages 135 to 140. European
Americana 583/45; Medina, BHA 278; Sabin 41507. We know of no other copies of this
first volume at auction.
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(JESUITS.) [Gazaignes, Jean-Antoine.]
Annales de la Société des soi-disans
Jésuites.
Numerous plates. 4 (of 5) volumes. 4to, contemporary tree calf, minor wear,
backstrips a bit tacky; lacking the final volume. Sabin 26806.
Paris, 1764-69
[600/900]
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