History and General Description of New France. Translated, with notes,

by John Gilmary Shea by P. Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix

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First edition

New York: The translator, 1866-1872. First American edition and first edition in English first published Paris, 1744 , 1/25 large paper copies. Folio 13 inches . Six volumes: 4 , 286, 1 ; 6 , 284, 1 ; 4 , v, 1 , 11-312; 2 , 308, 1 ; 311; 256, 1 pp. Illustrated, 18 maps, 15 plates, four facsimiles. Howes C-307: The principal work of this great Jesuit traveler and historian and the pre-eminent authority on the French period in the west. Sabin 12137:

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