A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Two Volumes

Hennepin, Father Louis & Thawaites, Reuben, (ed.)

Editore: A.C. Mc Clurg & Co., Chicago, 1903

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Two Volumes: xliii + 353; 367-711. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w period engravings w/ guard; maps folded-in. T.E.G. Deckled heel and fore-edges. Brown cloth brds. Pp. xxxii-xxxiii, vol. i, browned from newsprint slipped-in. P/o penned, ffeps. Pub. advert., rep, vol. i. Interior leaves lgt.-ly age-toned, else clean and tight. Volumes lightly used. " Reprinted form the second London issue of 1698 with facsimiles of original title-pages, maps and illustrations, and the addition of Introduction, Notes and Index By Reuben Thwaites." Father Hennepin, a Recolllect missionary, accompanied Robert La Salle's 1679 expedition of discovery into the Mississippi valley. Many of the writer's claims are in dispute. An excellent translation and facsimile edition with Mr. Thwaite's informative introduction. Newspaper clipping (in plastic) slipped in. Extra postage may apply.

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• Titolo: A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Two Volumes
• Editore: A.C. Mc Clurg & Co., Chicago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1903
• Rilegatura: Cloth
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket