Dierville (3 results)

8vo. pp. xv, 324, xii. 8 plates (3 folding). 3 folding maps & plans. original gilt-crested cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (spine dull). First Edition of the English Translation, Limited to 550 numbered copies. The translation is based on the third enlarged issue of the first Rouen edition of 1708. Dièreville, a French surgeon, was appointed supercargo on board a vessel bound for Port Royal in October of 1699. The present work recounts his journey and year-long stay in Acadia, and includes descriptions of local flora and fauna, the state of the beaver trade, and impressions of Indian life and manners. Many floral specimens were gathered and brought back to France by Dièreville, including a honeysuckle which was named, in his honour, 'Dièreville acadensis' by French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1706. The Relation also contains considerable interesting detail regarding Indian and Acadian culinary practices, and is considered to be the "first important work in the gastronomical literature of Canada." (DCB) TPL 126.

8vo. pp. xv, 324, xii. 8 plates (3 folding). 3 folding maps & plans. original gilt-crested cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed. First Edition of the English Translation, Limited to 550 numbered copies, this out of series. The translation is based on the third enlarged issue of the first Rouen edition of 1708. Dièreville, a French surgeon, was appointed supercargo on board a vessel bound for Port Royal in October of 1699. The present work, written in a mixture of prose and verse, recounts his journey and year-long stay in Acadia, descriptions of local flora and fauna, the state of the beaver trade, and impressions of Indian life and manners. Many floral specimens were gathered and brought back to France by Dièreville, including a honeysuckle which was named, in his honour, 'Dièreville acadensis' by French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1706. The Relation also contains considerable interesting detail regarding Indian and Acadian culinary practices, and is considered to be the "first important work in the gastronomical literature of Canada." (DCB) TPL 126.

Altkolorierter Kupferstich aus Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz: Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum cum earum fructus ususque descriptione, oder Abbildung aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit der Beschreibung ihres Gebrauches und Nutzens, Wien, Schrämbl, 1800 - 1820, 22x16 bis 24x18 cm (Gesamtblattgröße).