By R P Louis Hennepin
Utrecht   Antoine Schouten
5.5" by 3" 389pp
A first edition of this work by Louis Hennepin.
By R P Louis Hennepin

1698 Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grand que L'Europe Avec les reflections de enterprises du Sieur de la Salle, fur les Mines de St Barbe &c

Utrecht   Antoine Schouten
5.5" by 3" 389pp
A first edition of this work by Louis Hennepin.
£3,600.00
: 0.5kgs / : EXP1-F-3

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

With three engraved plates and one folding map. Lacking one plate and one map as is quite common - may have been bound without it. Printed in original French. Louis Hennepin was a catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order and an explorer of the interior of North America. This is a continuation of his work from the previous year, in which Hennepin recounts his explorations to the New World. Hennepin was sent as a missionary to New France at the request of Louis XIV to accompany explorer Robert de la Salle, who was credited with claiming of the Mississippi river in the name of France. Hennepin was with La Salle at the construction of Fort Crevecouer when Le Salle sent Hennepin and two others as as an advance party to search for the Mississipi river. Hennepin was captured by the Sioux war party and abducted for a time. In these works Hennepin falsely calimed to have made a voyage of discovery along the lower Mississippi river before Le Salle's descent in 1682. Two great waterfalls were brought to the world's attention by Louis Hennepin, Niagara Falls and the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall in the Mississippi River.

Condition

In a quarter morocco binding. Externally, worn with some rubbing. Backstrip missing. Hinges tender. Bookbinder stamp to rear pastedown. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Internally, binding strained. Pages bright with spotting throughout.

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