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CANADA. -- LOSTANGES, Arnaud Louis Charles Rose de. Relation du combat de la frégate française la Surveillante, contre la frégate anglaise le Québec. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1817. 8°. Engraved dedication, engraved hand-colored plate. Contemporary marbled calf, sides with the arms of duc de Bourbon, prince de Condé (Olivier 2637, fer 3), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Louis-Henri-Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon, prince de Condé (binding). FIRST EDITION, describing the naval battle of 6 October 1779 of Ushant, between the Surveillante and HMS Quebec. – BRESSANI, Francesco Giuseppe. Félix MARTIN, translator. Relation abrégée de quelques missions des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus dans la Nouvelle-France. Montreal: John Lovell, 1852. 8°. Engraved title-page, illustrations. Modern boards, uncut, original wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, after Bressani’s original work of 1653, originally written to interest the Italians in the French Jesuit missions. – BOURBOURG, Abbe Brasseur de. Histoire du Canada, de son Église et de ses missions. Paris: Sagnier and Bray, 1852. 2 volumes, 8°. Half-titles. Contemporary blue morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. – FAILLON, Étienne Michel. Historie de la colonie française en Canada. Montreal: Bibliothéque Paroissiale, 1866. 3 volumes, 4°. Numerous plates and maps. Contemporary half leather, marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. – Together, 4 works in 7 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.