LAFITAU, Joseph François (1670-1740). De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika . The Hague: Gerard Vander Poel, 1731. 2 parts in one, 2 o (328 x 204 mm). Half-title (reinforced on verso along top margin). Engraved map and 41 plates (map with foremargin renewed.) (2E4 with marginal repair.) Modern calf-backed boards. FIRST DUTCH EDITION of Lafitau's encyclopedic account of the Iroquois mission of Sault Saint-Louis. Lafitau, a Jesuit missionary assigned to Canada from 1711 to 1718, served at St. Louis from 1712 to 1717. His work provides great detail relating to the customs, religious beliefs and social organization of the Iroquois and Hurons. Howes calls for 42 plates and Sabin only 41 as here; some copies are also recorded with a frontispiece. Alden & Landis 731/128; Borba de Moraes I:385; Howes L-22; JCB III:472; Sabin 38598.
LAFITAU, Joseph François (1670-1740). De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika . The Hague: Gerard Vander Poel, 1731. 2 parts in one, 2 o (328 x 204 mm). Half-title (reinforced on verso along top margin). Engraved map and 41 plates (map with foremargin renewed.) (2E4 with marginal repair.) Modern calf-backed boards. FIRST DUTCH EDITION of Lafitau's encyclopedic account of the Iroquois mission of Sault Saint-Louis. Lafitau, a Jesuit missionary assigned to Canada from 1711 to 1718, served at St. Louis from 1712 to 1717. His work provides great detail relating to the customs, religious beliefs and social organization of the Iroquois and Hurons. Howes calls for 42 plates and Sabin only 41 as here; some copies are also recorded with a frontispiece. Alden & Landis 731/128; Borba de Moraes I:385; Howes L-22; JCB III:472; Sabin 38598.
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