Add this copy of Decouvertes Et Etablissements Des Francais Dans L'Ouest to cart. $599.00, very good condition, Sold by RPL Library Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1875 by Imprimerie D. Jouaust.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Size: 6 1/2" x 10"; VERY GOOD /NO JACKET as Issued. In French. Six volume set, complete. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. A few pages slightly foxed. Three volumes with frontispiece portraits in b/w. Green printed wrappers, faded, repaired with archival quality clear tape, and in original kraft wrapping paper from the publisher. Textblocks very good, bindings intact. According to the bookplates inside the front wraps, this set was presented to the Rochester Public Library by the U.S. Library of Congress. These volumes contain "reports, journals, and letters, many here first printed, illuminating French exploration and Indian trade, from Canada to the Gulf, from the St. Lawrence to the Rockies. "--Howes.
Add this copy of Decouvertes Et Etablissements Des Francais Dans L'Ouest to cart. $895.95, very good condition, Sold by Peninsula Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1886 by D. Jouaust.
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Very Good+ Margry, a French archivist, prepared these volumes with the intent of providing original source material for the early French explorers who traveled and explored the newly discovered continent of North America; including New France, Louisiana, Texas, the West, the Mississippi River valley, etc. Of this first edition only 500 sets were printed for the U. S. Government, and the new information provided here caused Parkman to revise his Discovery of the Great West. This is still an invaluable source, and many documents and journals are available nowhere else. Jenkins notes that volume 3 contains the only complete printing of Jotel's journal. These volumes contain "reports, journals, and letters, many here first printed, illuminating French exploration and Indian trade, from Canada to the Gulf, from the St. Lawrence to the Rockies. "--Howes. Original green printed wrappers, uncut, most are also unopened, many still in original kraft wrapping paper from the publisher--this set has obviously never been read. As with many European publications, these volumes were originally shipped with the understanding that the purchaser would provide permanant bindings. One volume lacking rear wrapper, 2 volumes split at spine (unimportant as the intent was to bind them). An important work that is not often encountered in the original state from the publisher. Ref: Howes M283, Greenly citation, Basic Texas Books 114F, Graff 2680, Rader 2349; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
