[Rarebooks] FS: 1731 DE ZEDEN DER WILDEN VAN AMERIKA with map & 41 plates, price reduced
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Thu Sep 27 14:54:03 EDT 2018
Price reduced to $2000 NET
LAFITAU, Joseph-Francois. DE ZEDEN DER WILDEN VAN AMERIKA. The Hague:
Gerard Vander Poel, 1731. First Edition. Two folio (7-3/4" x 12")
volumes bound in one in contemporary full Dutch vellum, covers tooled in
blind with large central blocked arabesque, spine in eight compartments
with raised bands, early manuscript titling to the second compartment.
Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes. Illustrated with an
engraved frontispiece, a map, and 41 plates. First Dutch Edition of a
key work on Native American peoples. Lafitau was assigned as a Jesuit
missionary to Canada from 1711-1718 and was based for much of that
period among the Iroquois at Sault Saint-Louis. His work, written in an
attempt to prove that the native American peoples were descended from
Tartar stock, provides a wealth of information on the customs, religious
beliefs, and social organization of the Iroquois and the other northern
tribes. Field 851: "a grand cyclopaedia of Indian history, and the
customs at that date"; Howes L22; JCB (I), page 472; Lande S1194: "This
is one of the most beautiful editions of Lafitau's works"; Sabin 38598;
TPL 159. Some light toning throughout; upper joint split, covers bowed
and soiled. Very Good. (#014123) $3,000.00
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