8vo (imperial). Full brown paper. xvi, 555 pp. Spot of wear to spine foot, a few scuffs to bards. Crack to upper hinge at title page. Dust jacket in fine condition in Brodart cover. Part art, part science, part anthropology, this ambitious project presents an early Canadian perspective on natural history that is as much artistic and fantastical as it is encyclopedic.

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Title

The Codex Canadensis and The Writings of Louis Nicolas: The Natural History of the New World

Publisher

Gilcrease Museum & McGill-Queen's University Press, Tulsa, OK and Montreal & Kingston

Publication Date

2011

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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