[Rarebooks] FS: Bossu's account of the Louisiana Territory. Paris: 1768

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(AMERICANA) Bossu, Jean Bernard. NOUVEAUX VOYAGES AUX INDES OCCIDENTALES; Contenant une Relation des Differens Peuples Qui Habitent les Environs du Grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, Appelle Vulgairement le Mississippi; Leur Religion; Leur Gouvernement; Leurs Moeurs; Leurs Guerres & Leur Commerce... Paris: Chez Le Jay. 1768. First edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. xx,244;264pp. (including 9pp. publisher's ads). Illustrated with 4 copper engraved plates. Woodcut publisher's device on title. Cont. mottled calf, ornately gilt spine with burgundy morocco label. A very nice copy.       $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)

Bossu (1720-1792) was a French army officer stationed in the West Indies and Louisiana from 1751 to 1762. This account includes detailed descriptions of Indian tribes, namely the Natches, Arkanzas, Foxes, Missouris, Osages, Illinois, Sioux and Chocktaws. Howes B617; Streeter III 1518; Sabin 6465.
 

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