LOT 3067
26th July 2023
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LOT 3067
DU CREUX, Francois. Historiae Canadensis, seu Novae-Franciae libri decem, Ad Annum usque Christi MDCLVI. Paris: Sebastian Cramoisy & Sebastian Mabre-Cramoisy, 1664. 4to (240 x 176mm.) Engraved printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments, 12 engraved plates showing Indian manners and customs, animals and natural history, 5pp. index to rear, 1p. errata. (Lacking the map of 'Nova Francia' and the plate of the Jesuit martyrs, light to moderate browning, minor soiling to title, illegible ink name to title, lacking blanks.) Near contemporary calf (rebacked, endpapers replaced, extremities rubbed). Note: Du Creux never visited Canada but compiled this history from Jesuit Relations, the annual reports that Jesuit missionaries filed with their superiors in France. Provenance: 'Assistentiae Galliae Soc. Jesu' (ink name stamp to the title-page); 'Pont. Univ. Romae' (ink stamp to the title-page); 'Missiones P. Praep Generalis S.' (ink stamp to the title-page).
Hammer price: £950
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