A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America. Vols. 1 & 2 Combined by HENNEPIN, Father Louis; THWAITES, Reuben Gold (ed.) - 1974

A C McClurg. Reprinted from 2d London issue of 1698 with facsimiles of original title pages maps and illustration. A solid Very Good+ copy . . Very Good.

Chicago: A.C.McClurg & Co, 1903. First of this edition. Hardcover. very good. Volume One only. Octavo. (22cm x 15cm) Tan buckram over brown boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 353pp. Light wear at bottom edge of spine. Front and rear gutters cracked. reprinted from the second London issue of 1698, with facsimiles of original title-pages, maps and illustrations, and the addition of Introduction, Notes and Index.

Chicago: A C McClurg & Co, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 353p,711p octavo, reprinted from the second London issue of 1698 with facsimilies (some fold-out) of the original title pages, maps and illustrations. Old very faint dampstain at the upper corner on the last few pages of volume 2, but very visible on the gilt top edge. Otherwise a very good set in brown cloth.

Thwaites has added an introduction notes and index. Leather spine, corners. Marbleized covers and endpapers.. reprint of 1698 second printing with maps etc. Bottom front edge shows a little wear. Pages show their age. Spine is tight and the text is unmarked.Spine has bands, decoration, title , author and volume number in gold gilt.Dapple edge pages

HENNEPIN, Father Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in Ameria. Reprinted from the Second London Issue of 1698, With Facsimiles of Original Title-Pages, Maps and Illustrations, and the Addition of an Introduction, Notes and Index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Two vols. lxiv, 711pp. A fine set in orig. two-tone cloth. A reprint of Howes H-416, 417.

A.C. McClurg & Co. Used - Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth, no dj. Quarter-bound brown cloth with faux-burlap sides. 711 continuously numbered pp. 2 maps and 7 pls. Heads of text blocks gilt. Minor shelf wear overall. A few light speckles on spines and on front board of second volume. Light rubbing along edges. Else fine. A sound set with nice, clean internals, pristine plates. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. , 1903. Father Louis Hennepin was a Belgian friar, who had actually returned to Europe by the time these works were published. Although Hennepin's works were widely read, they were relatively inaccurate. Still, this work was very influential in shaping impressions of North America in the late 17th century (the work first appeared in English in 1698). The two volume copy offered here is number 78 of 150 large paper copies, uncut and with vellum gilt-lettered spines in grey cloth boards. The spines are a bit soiled, but the bindings are tight, and aside from some foxing (most of text quite clean) this is a nice set. This was "Reprinted from the second London issue of 1698, with facsimiles of original title-pages, maps, and illustrations, and the additiion of Introduction, Notes, and Index". The well-known "A Map of a Large Country Newly Discovered in the Northern America situated between New Mexico and the Frozen Sea" is present, as are all other… Read More

London: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698. First English Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Complete Title: "A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending Above Four Thousand Miles Between New France and New Mexico, with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants and Animals: Also The Manners, Customs, and Languages, of the several Native Indians; And the Advantage of Commerce with those different Nations. With a Continuation: Giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the Mines of St. Barbe, &c. The Taking of Quebec by the English; With the Advantages of a Shorter Cut to China and Japan. both parts Illustrated with Maps and Figures, and Dedicated to His Majesty K. William. To which is added, Several New Discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French Edition." First English "Bon" edition (last word on the first line of the imprint "Bon-", the first 3 letters of Bonwick). Two parts bound in… Read More