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VOYAGES DU BARON LA HONTAN DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. Volume II title: MEMOIRES DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE.
by Lahontan, Louis Armand
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Francois L'Honore & Compagnie, 1705. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Second edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volume set. One large map titled "Carte Generale de Canada" is supplied in high-quality facsimile. Newly rebound by Scott Kellar with leather spines and paper-covered boards; leather spine labels and date stamped at bottom of spines. New endpapers. Titles printed in red and black. Volume I contains 16 plates including 2 folding maps and frontis. Volume II contains 13 plates/maps including one in facsimile. Vol. I: 9 leaves, 376 pages. Vol. II: 338 pages. The original folding maps are complete, but torn at the folds. A very attractive set. Sabin 38641-42..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016776
- Title
- VOYAGES DU BARON LA HONTAN DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. Volume II title: MEMOIRES DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE.
- Author
- Lahontan, Louis Armand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Francois L'Honore & Compagnie
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1705
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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