| Author | Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent.
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| Title | Description de la Louisiane, nouvellement decouverte au sud' oüest de la Nouvelle France, par ordre du roy. Avec la carte du pays: Les moeurs & la maniere de vivre des sauvages. Dediée a Sa Majesté par le R. P. Loüis Hennepin, missionaire Recollet & notaire apostolique.
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| Published | Paris, A. Auroy, 1688.
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| Description | [12], 312, 107 p. fold. map 17 cm.
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| General Note | Title vignette (printer's device), head pieces.
Engraved map has title: Carte de la Nouuelle France et de la Louisiane...l'an 1683, by N. Guerard.
"Les moeurs des sauvages" with caption title and separate paging, forms second part.
First edition 1683.
Howes H 415.
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| Subjects | Imprints, Early -- French -- To 1750.
Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley.
Louisiana -- Description and travel.
Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.
Mississippi River Valley -- History.
New France -- Discovery and exploration.
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| LC Card Number | 09-10996 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 25 J H515 Vault
mq101257: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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