DECOUVERTES ET ETABLISSEMENTS DES FRANCAIS DANS L'OUEST ET DANS LE SUD DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE 1614-1698 Memoires et Documents Inedits [DISCOVERIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE FRENCH IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH OF NORTH AMERICA] (6 Vols.)
by Margry, Pierre (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: E. Guilmoto, 1879. Hardcover; 6 volumes (individually titled). 8vo. Text in FRENCH. Half-bound in green leather and marbled paper. Four raised bands. Heavily sunned/rubbed spines. In particular, the spine of volume 6 is quite damaged, with half of the outside layer of leather rubbed off. Moderate to heavy edgewear. However, the paper front/back is well-preserved in each volume. Yellowed endpapers. The pages themselves are bright white, clean, and tightly bound. Overall, very well preserved pages. Large fold-out maps as frontispiece of vol 2, 3, & 5. [VG-] Volume 1: "Voyages des Francais sur les Grands Lacs et Decouverte de L'Ohio et du Mississipi", Volume 2: "Lettres de Cavelier de la Salle et Correspondance Relative a ses Entreprises", Volume 3: "Recherche des Bouches du Mississipi et Voyage a Travers le Continent Depuis les Cotes du Texas Jusqu'a Quebec", Volume 4: "Decouverte par Mer des Bouches du Mississipi et Etablissements de Lemoyne D'Iberville sur le Golfe du Mexique", Volume 5: "Premiere Formation d'une Chaine de Postes entre le Fleuve Saint-Laurent et le Golfe de Mexique", Volume 6: "Exploration des Affluents du Mississipi et Decouverte des Montagnes Rocheuses".. Hardcover. Very Good-.
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- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
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- Title
- DECOUVERTES ET ETABLISSEMENTS DES FRANCAIS DANS L'OUEST ET DANS LE SUD DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE 1614-1698 Memoires et Documents Inedits [DISCOVERIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE FRENCH IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH OF NORTH AMERICA] (6 Vols.)
- Author
- Margry, Pierre (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- E. Guilmoto
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1879
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Geography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...