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CHARLEVOIX, Pierre François Xavier de (1682-1761). Journal of a Voyage to North-America. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.
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CHARLEVOIX, Pierre François Xavier de (1682-1761). Journal of a Voyage to North-America. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.
2 volumes, 8o (195 x 122 mm). Half-titles. Engraved folding map. (Light offsetting to map, corner of P4 in vol. II torn away and renewed, affecting three words, minor marginal dampstaining.) Late 19th-century green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt (minor wear to corners). Provenance: Francis Reynolds and Alice May Dickinson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, comprising a translation of the third volume of Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France. Field 283; Howes C308; Lande 128; Sabin 12139. (2)
2 volumes, 8o (195 x 122 mm). Half-titles. Engraved folding map. (Light offsetting to map, corner of P4 in vol. II torn away and renewed, affecting three words, minor marginal dampstaining.) Late 19th-century green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt (minor wear to corners). Provenance: Francis Reynolds and Alice May Dickinson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, comprising a translation of the third volume of Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France. Field 283; Howes C308; Lande 128; Sabin 12139. (2)