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LAFITEAU, Joseph François

De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika

's Gravenhage
Gerard vander Poel
1731

€700 - €1.200

2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° (39,3 x 24,5 cm), [6] + 36 + [18] + 1-300 [i.e. 302], [1 bl. f.] + [2] + pp. 301-544 + [16] pp. Titles printed in red and black, with frontisp., engraved title vignettes, 42 engraved plates. Errors in pagination, some lvs age-toned. Large-paper copy, bound in contemporary full vellum, spine with 8 raised bands

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. Ref. Tiele 637; Sabin 38598

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