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Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, P., A. Margraff et London, Oxford University Press, 1931, gr. in-8, br., non rogné, non coupé, 208 pp., frontispice sur double page, 7 reproductions des gravures originales, index. (SS27) Ex. numéroté sur pur fil Lafuma.

2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 12 p.l., 280; 304. 4 engraved maps (2 large & folding) & 16 engraved plates (6 folding). woodcut tailpieces. A near fine copy in full polished calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, all edges gilt (slightly rubbed). armorial bookplate of Charles Edward Sanborn. Second Edition of the English Translation, the Osborn Issue. Lahontan was only sixteen years of age when he first arrived in New France in 1683, as an officer in the colonial irregular troops. During the next ten years, he saw active service in the sieur de La Barre's expedition against the Iroquois in 1684, in the Marquis Denonville's campaign against the Senecas in 1687, and in numerous skirmishes with the English. In 1693 he was appointed King's lieutenant in Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland, but his career came to an abrupt end when he was accused of insubordination by the governor of Newfoundland, Jacques François de Brouillan. Lahontan fled to Portugal and spent the rest of his life in wandering exile, chiefly in Germany and Holland. Lahontan's account, based on the daily journals which he kept during his stay in New France, gained such immense popularity that no less than twenty-five legitimate and pirated editions were issued within sixty years of its first publication in 1703. Next to Hennepin's, Lahontan's was the most widely read North American travel narrative of the period. Despite the exposure by Charlevoix and Bellin of the fictitious nature of Lahontan's voyage up the 'Long River' in the winter of 1688-89, which seriously discredited the work, its overall authenticity is now generally acknowledged. "In topography, geography, ethnology, and natural history, all of it the record of personal knowledge, Lahontan's work stands as one of the most important sources for the intimate study of New France." (R.G.Thwaites) The vivid and lively descriptions of New France, its social and political life, the manners and customs of the First Nations and their method of warfare, are further enhanced by Lahontain's philosophical views. His notions about Christian dogmatism and the vices of European society which he contrasts with the virtues of the 'noble savage', presaged the work of Swift, Rousseau, and Voltaire. At the end is a vocabulary of the Algonquin language. The majority of the engravings depict First Nations manners and customs, and various military engagements. The maps include (1) A General Map of New France com. called Canada, showing the Great Lakes, Hudson's Bay and the St. Lawrence, and giving locations of First Nations tribes, French and English villages and forts, and areas for trapping beaver, (2) a small version of the same, (3) a purely imaginary depiction of the 'Long River' and territory west of the Mississippi, and (4) a map of Newfoundland. Greenly, Lahontan, pp. 373-74. Dionne I 411. European Americana VI 735/141. Howes L-25. Pilling, Algonquian, p. 294. Sabin 38645n-38646. cfClark I 111, cfLande 502 & cfO'Dea 100d (Bonwicke issue). cfBell L46, cfField 85, cfGraff 2364 & cfTPL 6357 (1st English Edn.). cfGagnon I 1922. cfJCB I 537 (Brindley issue). Paltsits, Lahontan, pp. lxvii-lxix. cfVlach 429-37. cfDionne II 286. DCB II pp. 439-445. Story p. 423. Winsor IV pp. 257-62.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [20], 280; 1 p.l., 302, [2]leaf of ads, [13]index. 4 engraved maps (2 large & folding) & 20 engraved plates (1 folding). complete with the rare frontis. in Vol. II which is usually wanting. modern red straight-grained morocco by Cecil & Larkins, a.e.g. (joints & extremities rubbed, some light foxing). First Edition of the English Translation. Lahontan was only sixteen years of age when he first arrived in New France in 1683, as an officer in the colonial regular troops. During the next ten years he saw active service in the sieur de La Barre's expedition against the Iroquois in 1684, in the Marquis de Denonville's campaign against the Senecas in 1687, and in numerous skirmishes with the English. In 1693 he was appointed King's lieutenant in Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland. His career, however, came to an abrupt end when he was accused of insubordination by the governor of Newfoundland, Jacques François de Brouillan. Lahontan fled to Portugal and spent the rest of his life in wandering exile, chiefly in Holland and Germany. The daily journals Lahontan faithfully kept during his stay in New France for the basis of this work, which gained such immense popularity that it went through no less than 25 legitimate and pirated editions within sixty years of its first publication (The Hague: 1703). Next to Louis Hennepin's, his was the most widely read North American travel narrative of the eighteenth century. Despite the exposure, by Charlevois and his cartographer Bellin, of the fictitious nature of Lahontan's voyage up the 'Long River' (the Minnesota), which seriously discredited the work, its overall authenticity is now generally acknowledged. In 1903, the American scholar R.G.Thwaites concluded that "in topography, geography, ethnology, and natural history, all of it the record of personal knowledge, Lahontan's work stands as one of the important sources for the intimate study of New France." The vivid and lively descriptions of New France, its social and political life, the manners and customs of the native inhabitants and their method of warfare, are further enhanced by Lahontain's philosophical views. His notions about Christian dogmatism and the vices of European society which he contrasts with the virtues of the 'noble savage', presaged the work of Swift, Rousseau, and Voltaire. The first English edition was published in London under the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire and it is in many respects preferable to the first edition (The Hague: 1703). Lahontan was in London to supervise the printing and he himself corrected the engravings, which the "Dutch Gravers had murder'd.by not understanding their Explications, which were all in French." (Preface) A map of Newfoundland here appears for the first time and the edition incorporates, in expanded form, the contents of the supplement, detailing the author's travels in Europe and the controversial dialogue with the mythical Indian 'Adario' (identified by some historians as the Huron chief Kondiaronk). TPL 6357. Bell L46. Cox II p. 88. Clark I 111. Graff 2364. Howes L-25. JCB I 39. Lande 496. Pilling, Algonquian, p. 290. Sabin 38644. Field 852. Streeter I 107. Paltsits pp. lx-lxiii. DCB II pp. 439-445. Story p. 423.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 Volumes [Vol. I with variant title & imprint of François L'Honoré Et Cie.]. 12mo. pp. 9 p.l., 376; 1 p.l., 5-336, [2]. titles in red & black. engraved title/frontis. in Vol. I, 3 engraved maps (2 large & folding), & 24 engraved plates (22 folding). woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignettes. contemporary calf, rebacked & recornered, endleaves retained (few tears in maps repaired with no loss). Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Lahontan was only sixteen years of age when he first arrived in New France in 1683, as an officer in the colonial irregular troops. During the next ten years, he saw active service in the sieur de La Barre's expedition against the Iroquois in 1684, in the Marquis Denonville's campaign against the Senecas in 1687, and in numerous skirmishes with the English. In 1693 he was appointed King's lieutenant in Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland, but his career came to an abrupt end when he was accused of insubordination by the governor of Newfoundland, Jacques François de Brouillan. Lahontan fled to Portugal and spent the rest of his life in wandering exile, chiefly in Germany and Holland. Lahontan's account, based on the daily journals which he kept during his stay in New France, gained such immense popularity that no less than twenty-five legitimate and pirated editions were issued within sixty years of its first publication in 1703. Next to Hennepin's, Lahontan's was the most widely read North American travel narrative of the period. Despite the exposure by Charlevoix and Bellin of the fictitious nature of Lahontan's voyage up the 'Long River' in the winter of 1688-89, which seriously discredited the work, its overall authenticity is now generally acknowledged. "In topography, geography, ethnology, and natural history, all of it the record of personal knowledge, Lahontan's work stands as one of the most important sources for the intimate study of New France." (R.G.Thwaites) The majority of the engravings depict native manners and customs, and various military engagements. The maps include (1) a Carte Générale du Canada, showing the Great Lakes, Hudson's Bay and the St. Lawrence, and giving locations of native tribes, French and English villages and forts, and areas for trapping beaver, (2) a small version of the same, and (3) a purely imaginary depiction of the 'Long River' and territory west of the Mississippi. This edition omits Lahontan's travels in Europe, and incorporates his 'Dialogues Curieux Entre L'Auteur Et Un Sauvage', pp. 197ff, into Volume II. The text was also substantially altered by Nicolas Gueudeville, an in-house writer for the publisher. While Gueudeville in his preface claims only to have edited the text to improve the style, Réal Ouellet in Fleming Et Al. (Editors), History of the Book in Canada Volume I, p. 29, shows how "Gueudeville rewrote Lahontan's text, overloading it with rhetoric and a farcical verve that diluted the geographic and especially, the ethnographic information and turning it into an anti-France pamphlet". Although Lahontan himself disavowed the edition, it formed the basis for the Amsterdam editions of 1728 and 1741. Greenly, Lahontan, pp. 356-58. European Americana 705/109-705/110. Gagnon I 1922. Howes L-25 (seemingly incorrectly calling for the omission of the plate of a globe and bird, which is present here). cfLande 497. Paltsits, Lahontan, pp. lxvii-lxix. Pilling, Algonquian, p. 292. Sabin 38641-42 (citing incorrect number of plates & incorrect pagination in second volume). Vlach 435. cfBell L45. cfClark I 111. cfDionne II 286. cfJCB II 68. cfTPL 107. DCB II pp. 439-445. Story p. 423. Winsor IV pp. 257-62.

12mo., 16cm, The First Edition, third issue, (the "globe" edition), in 2 volumes, [24], 279, [1] & 220, [18]pp., with 23 engraved plates (some folding) and 3 folding engraved maps, in contemporary full finely sprinkled calf, real raised bands, ornate gilt flora and border decorations in the spine panels, crushed crimson morocco labels, original marbled endpapers, red speckled edges in the contemporary style, paper fault on the bottom corner edge of C5 in vol. 1, (not close to the text), - a fine bright set, - in attractive contemporary binding. (cgc). There couldn't be a better copy. Collates with that of Paltsits; the frontis, included in the plate count, occurs in vol. I only, as is the case with the Paltsits and the TPL copies, as well as with all "ornament" and "globe" issues. T.P.L. 104. Paltsits, pp.lviii-lix. Howes L25. Sabin [38638]. Bell L45. Gagnon I-1922. vide Lande 497-498 (other issues); not in Melzack. Graff 2366. JCB 36. Pilling, Algonquian, p289. Lahontan came to New France in 1683 as captain of a regiment, which he led in expeditions against the Iroquois. In 1687 he went West with Duluth and was placed in command of Fort St. Joseph on the St. Clair River. He left this post in 1688 and, travelling westward by the Fox-Wisconsin portage, reached the upper Mississippi. In this work, he claims to have navigated the River Long which, he says, flows into the Mississippi from the west, and to have wintered there; he also gives elaborate descriptions of the natives whom he met there and of the physical features of the terrain through which he passed. This portion of the work is now considered fictitious; the rest of the work, however, is generally accurate, and is one of the first comprehensive descriptions we have of the western part of the continent. From the library of the "Bibliothéque Chateau des Ormes". While the collation of the "globe" issues are precisely the same as that of the "ornament" issue, the title-pages ."are printed entirely in black ink, and the plates are superior to those in the "ornament" issue. The "globe issue has corrections in the place-nomenclature on the maps, and some additions of places on these maps have also been noticed." - (Paltsits).

16mo., 12mo, (in 12's), in 2 volumes, [xviii],376 & [ii],5-336,[2]pp., plus 27 mainly folding plate illustrations, (including one large folding map, "Carte Que Les Gnacsitares. Carte de la Riviere Longue.")., in contemporary full calf, real raised bands, full gilt decorations in the panels, double crimson morocco labels, original french marbled endpapers and edges, hinges and edges expertly restored, contemporary engraved bookplate, rubricate title pages, a fine set. (cgc). Lande s1199, "This edition of Lahontan is quite rare". Lande 2v lists 10 issues. Howes L-25. Sabin 38641, 38642. Alden. European Americana 706/148. Howgego V1-L-54. Second edition of Lahontan's narrative, a curious blending of fact and fantasy. His account of his travels in the Great Lakes region is one of the most important travel narratives of the day, but his claims to have journeyed west of the Mississippi are highly doubtful. However, his assertions had great impact on geographers of the time, who adopted much of his imaginary geography. The most notable map is the "Carte Que Les Gnacsitares. Carte de la Riviere Longue.," depicting an imaginary river extending westward from Lake Superior. The "Carte Generale de Canada," the frontispiece in the second volume, is also considerably confused geographically. The second volume also contains the "Dictionaire de la Langue des Sauvages." The work remains a classic voyage, even if partially imaginary, written by a man "of more than ordinary learning and intelligence" - Sabin. Regarding this edition Sabin writes: "[t]he alteration is mainly in the 'Dialogues' which are rewritten; the voyages to Portugal and Denmark are omitted, and the whole work is thus brought into two volumes." "Although much of the work has been condemned as over-imaginative, it did influence the subsequent growth of primitivism in France and England, as reflected in the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, and others. For example, he tells of a tribe which he calls Essanapes, who worshiped the sun, the moon, and the stars. Beyond the Essanapes lived the Gnascitares, who lived on the shore of a great lake, and upon this lake were canoes rowed by 200 oarsmen. They had buildings three storeys high and fought battles with the Spaniards in New Mexico. The great king of this country lived in a royal palace waited upon by hundreds of servants. To add weight to this account Lahontan actually drew a map of the region, now located within the boundaries of Nebraska and South Dakota" - Howgego.