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BAUDRY DES LOZIERES, Louis N. (1761-1841). Voyage a la Louisiane, et sur le Continent de l'Amérique Septentrionale, fait dans les Années 1794 á 1798. Paris: Dentu, 1802.
8° (196 x 124 mm). Half-title. Folding map. Modern half calf antique, marbled boards. Provenance: bookseller’s label of Bonzom, Paris on half-title verso.
FIRST EDITION. More a history of the region than an account of Baudry des Lozieres' travels, this work is notable for containing the vocabularies of the Naoudoouessis (Sioux) and Chipouais (Chippewa) Indian tribes. “Like most of the works called Voyages, written by Frenchmen, this is principally occupied with a resumé of the history of the country purported to be visited, with scarcely nothing of personal observation. The character, manners, and wars of the native savages of course occupy his attention largely; but his work is principally notable for 'Two Vocabularies of the Savages,' the Naoudoouessis and the Chipouais” (Field). Field 99; Howes B-243; Pilling, p. 38; Sabin 3979; Streeter III:1571; Wagner-Camp 1a.
8° (196 x 124 mm). Half-title. Folding map. Modern half calf antique, marbled boards. Provenance: bookseller’s label of Bonzom, Paris on half-title verso.
FIRST EDITION. More a history of the region than an account of Baudry des Lozieres' travels, this work is notable for containing the vocabularies of the Naoudoouessis (Sioux) and Chipouais (Chippewa) Indian tribes. “Like most of the works called Voyages, written by Frenchmen, this is principally occupied with a resumé of the history of the country purported to be visited, with scarcely nothing of personal observation. The character, manners, and wars of the native savages of course occupy his attention largely; but his work is principally notable for 'Two Vocabularies of the Savages,' the Naoudoouessis and the Chipouais” (Field). Field 99; Howes B-243; Pilling, p. 38; Sabin 3979; Streeter III:1571; Wagner-Camp 1a.