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HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand Pays Situé dans l'Amerique. Utrecht: Guillaume Broedelet, 1697. 12° (140 x 84mm). Engraved additional title (lower margin shaved with slight loss to imprint), one folding map only (of 2, lacking Carte d'un tres grand Pais Nouvellement découvert dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..), one folding view of Niagara Falls and one folding plate of a bison. (Some light worming at inner margins affecting the bison plate.) FIRST EDITION. Sabin 31349; Church 762.
Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grand que l'Europe. Utrecht: Antoine Schouten, 1698. 12° (139 x 82mm). Title in red and black. Engraved folding map and 4 plates (the map and the final plate with clean tears, lacks final blank). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 31352; cf.Church 774 (issue with variant imprint).
The two works uniformly bound in late-18th/early-19th century calf (slightly scuffed, spine slightly chipped at head and foot). (2)
Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grand que l'Europe. Utrecht: Antoine Schouten, 1698. 12° (139 x 82mm). Title in red and black. Engraved folding map and 4 plates (the map and the final plate with clean tears, lacks final blank). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 31352; cf.Church 774 (issue with variant imprint).
The two works uniformly bound in late-18th/early-19th century calf (slightly scuffed, spine slightly chipped at head and foot). (2)