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LAFITEAU, Joseph François

De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika

's Gravenhage
Gerard vander Poel
1731

€200 - €300

2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° (39,3 x 24,5 cm), [22] + 1-300 + [2] + pp. 301-555 pp. Titles printed in red and black, with frontispiece (loose), engraved title vignettes, engraved map and 39 engraved plates (lacking plates 10 and 20). Errors in pagination, some lvs age-toned. Lacking all 36 pages of the summary which should be at the beginning of the book. Some marginal soiling. Simple cardboard binding, spine strengthened with cloth. Not subject to return

First Dutch edition with the descriptions by Lafiteau (1681-1764) during his missions as a Jesuit in Canada during the years 1711-1718. The first edition was published in Paris in 1724. Extensive and detailed description of the customs, social organisation, religion of the Iroquois and Huron Indians (Canada and the Great Lakes), with the same fine plates of the orig. French edition (Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains). Ref. Tiele 637; Sabin 38598; Backer-Sommervogel IV, 1362

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