[Rarebooks] FS: ALGEMEINE GESCHICHTE DER LANDER UND VOLKER VON AMERICA, 1752-53, with 8 maps and 59 full-page engravings, some folding, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:  Was  $6500,   Now  $4500

[SCHROTER, Johann Friedrich; CHARLEVOIX, Pierre-Francois-Xavier de; 
LAFITAU, Joseph-Francois] BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jakob. ALGEMEINE 
GESCHICHTE DER LANDER UND VOLKER VON AMERICA. Halle: Johann Justinus 
Gebauer, 1752 - 1753. First Edition. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10") volumes 
bound in early full vellum with gilt lettering and rules on the spine. 
Illustrated with 8 maps (5 folding) and 59 full-page engravings (6 
folding), many of which depict early Native Americans. Most of the first 
volume contains German translations of Lafiteau's MOEURS DES SAUVAGES 
AMERICAINS COMPARES AUX MOEURS DES PREMIERS TEMPS (Paris, 1723). The 
second volume is compiled from various sources and includes German 
translations of passages from Charlevoix's HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION 
GENERALE DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE (Paris, 1744). Baumgarten's "Vorrede" 
contains a bibliography of the New World. The social life and customs of 
Native Americans of both North and South America are described and 
illustrated in detail, with chapters on individual areas including 
Florida, New England, Virginia, Peru, Brasil, and even Jamaica and 
Greenland. There is much on the Incas as well. Howes S-200; Sabin 77989. 
Text and plates very clean. Tasteful early twentieth century bookplate 
on front pastedowns. Near Fine. (#012372)        $4,500.00

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