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CAYET, Pierre Victor Palma (1525-1610). Chronologie septenaire de l'histoire de la paix entre les Roys de France et d'Espagne. Contenant les choses plus mémorables advenuës en France, Espagne, Allemagne, Italie, Angleterre, Escosse, Flandres, Hongrie, Pologne, Suède, Transilvanie, & autres endroits de l'Europe: avec le succez de plusieurs navigations faictes aux Indes Orientales, Occidentales & Septentrionales, depuis le commencement de l'an 1598 jusques à la fin de l'an 1604. Paris: Jean Richer, 1605.
8o (163 x 106 mm). Engraved title. (Some occasional pale dampstaining, tiny marginal wormtracks.) Contemporary limp vellum (some soiling and wear at edges).
Second edition of this very rare book, containing one of the first accounts of Champlain's first voyage to North America. It includes a detailed account of the 1603 expedition to Canada organized by Amyar de Chastres, governor of Dieppe, and commanded by Sieur Du Pont, and in which Champlain participated. The years 1598 to 1604 are examined, with material on Jesuit activity in the New World and China. Two issues of the first edition and this second edition were issued in 1605. Later editions were published in 1606, 1607, and 1609. Some of these were issued with an engraved title, as here, a detail not mentioned by Sabin or Alden. Alden & Landis 605/22; Harrisse Nouvelle France p.284; Lande 113 (ref); Palau 50667; Sabin 11627 (ref). ALL EARLY EDITIONS ARE RARE.
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Second edition of this very rare book, containing one of the first accounts of Champlain's first voyage to North America. It includes a detailed account of the 1603 expedition to Canada organized by Amyar de Chastres, governor of Dieppe, and commanded by Sieur Du Pont, and in which Champlain participated. The years 1598 to 1604 are examined, with material on Jesuit activity in the New World and China. Two issues of the first edition and this second edition were issued in 1605. Later editions were published in 1606, 1607, and 1609. Some of these were issued with an engraved title, as here, a detail not mentioned by Sabin or Alden. Alden & Landis 605/22; Harrisse Nouvelle France p.284; Lande 113 (ref); Palau 50667; Sabin 11627 (ref). ALL EARLY EDITIONS ARE RARE.