Traditions indiennes du Canada Nord-Ouest

Petitot, Emile

Published by Maisonneuve frères et Ch. Leclerc, Paris, 1886

About this Item

16mo, pp. [10], xvii, [1], 521, [7]; original red cloth stamped in black and gilt; half-title toned, spine ends slightly chipped; all else very good and sound. An Ayer Linguistic duplicate with an Ayer bookplate and a Newberry release stamp. Issued as volume XXIII in the publisher's "Les Littératures Populaires de Toutes les Nations" series. This copy inscribed "A Monsieur J. Pilling homage de l'editeur, Ch. Leclerc." This free translation of Athapaskan tales, with a few Cree, Blackfoot, and Eskimo tales, was also published in French and Native languages in parallel columns, as Traditions indiennes du Canada nord-ouest: textes originaux & traduction littérale, Alençon, France: E. Renaut-De Broise, 1888. L Abbeé Petitot was a missionary as early as 1862 along the Mackenzie River and in the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes region. Lande 1391.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditions indiennes du Canada Nord-Ouest
• Publisher: Maisonneuve frères et Ch. Leclerc, Paris
• Publication Date: 1886
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  • Canada
  • Americana
  • Native Americans