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Histoire de l`Amerique septentrionale

Lot 29
17.01.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 29 | Histoire de l'Amerique septentrionale
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Histoire de l'Amerique septentrionale

Bacqueville de la Potherie, 1722

BACQUEVILLE DE LA POTHERIE, Claude-Charles Le Roy (1668-1738). Histoire de l'Amerique septentrionale ... Contenant le voyage du Fort de Nelson, dans la Baye d'Hudson, a l'extrémité de l'Amerique. Paris: Jean-Luc Nion and Francois Didot, 1722.



“The earliest views taken in Canada” (Sabin). First edition of this contemporary history with copious illustrations, including of Inuit and Iroquois people and artefacts. The first volume is written in epistolary form from first-hand experience, with the earliest date of 1696. It includes the author’s voyage to and participation of the capture of Fort Nelson in Hudson’s Bay. "His letters on the governments of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, and Montreal offer a fairly complete picture of Canada. The descriptions of places and of the settlers' way of life, the notes on individuals, the statistics on population and sources of revenue show that nothing escaped La Potherie's attention and that he wanted his readers to be well informed" (CNB).



Although this work was completed in 1702, the French suppressed publication for 20 years in order to keep information on the North American colonies during the war of Spanish Succession. Earlier bibliographies alleged a first edition of 1716 under a different title but this does not seem to exist. Alden & Landis 722⁄10; Bell B2; Graff 133; Howes B-23; Querard, vol. 1, p. 150; Lande 21; Sabin 2692; Streeter sale 120.



Four volumes, octavo (165 x 93mm). Titles printed in red and black (red wax seals covering a portion of text). With 3 engraved maps and 25 engraved plates, many folding. (Vol. 2 with pale dampstains, vol. 4 soiled at ends and with dampstain on outer edge occasionally encroaching on text/images.) Contemporary French speckled calf (vol. 4 boards abraded, general light wear). Provenance: Adam Horn (gilt-stamped suprablibros on each cover and ownership signature on each title) – Ernest E. Keet (bookplates).

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