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Published by Yale University Press, 1952
Seller: Resource for Art and Music Books , Ivoryton, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York, Printing Office of the Yale University Press, 1st Ed., 700 copies printed, December, 1952, hardcover, 179 pages. Solid binding, bright cover boards, light rubbing to corners, bright unmarked text. No ownership markings throughout. Well packaged, ships fast with tracking.
Published by A C McClurg & Co, Chicago, 1903
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 353p,711p octavo, reprinted from the second London issue of 1698 with facsimilies (some fold-out) of the original title pages, maps and illustrations. Old very faint dampstain at the upper corner on the last few pages of volume 2, but very visible on the gilt top edge. Otherwise a very good set in brown cloth.
Published by A C MCClurg & Company, Chicago, 1903
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. lxiv+[2 blank]+353 pages with frontispiece, folding map and facsimiles. [354]-711 pages with frontispiece folding map, facsimiles, illustrations and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in quarter brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine over beige boards. reprinted from the second London issue of 1698. Introduction, notes and index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. First edition of this publication. Louis Hennepin was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan and an explorer of the interior of North America. At the request of Louis XIV, the Récollets sent four missionaries to New France in May 1675, including Hennepin, accompanied by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle. In 1676 Hennepin went to the Indian mission at Fort Frontenac, and from there to the Mohawks. In 1678, Hennepin was ordered by his provincial superior to accompany La Salle on an expedition to explore the western part of New France. Hennepin departed in 1679 with La Salle from Quebec City to construct the 45-ton barque Le Griffon, sail through the Great Lakes, and explore the unknown West. Hennepin was with La Salle at the construction of Fort Crevecoeur (near present-day Peoria, Illinois) in January 1680. In February, La Salle sent Hennepin and two others as an advance party to search for the Mississippi River. The party followed the Illinois River to its junction with the Mississippi. Shortly thereafter, Hennepin was captured by a Sioux war party and carried off for a time into what is now the state of Minnesota. In September 1680, thanks to Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Du Lhut, Hennepin and the others were given canoes and allowed to leave, eventually returning to Quebec. Hennepin returned to France and was never allowed by his order to return to North America. Two great waterfalls were brought to Europe's attention by Hennepin: Niagara Falls, with the most voluminous flow of any in North America, and the Saint Anthony Falls in what is now Minneapolis, the only natural waterfall on the Mississippi River. In 1683, he published a book about Niagara Falls called A New Discovery. (Wikipedia) Condition: Boards scuffed, corners gently bumped else very good.
Published by Charles Van Benthuysen and Sons, Albany, NY, 1880
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Early Proposal for a park at Niagara] Includes an inlaid label "with the compliments of James T. Gardner, Director." 25 cm. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth. Title in gilt on cover. Wear to cover, with loss at top spine corner. 4 preliminary leaves, [7]-96 pages. 11 plates: Folding frontispiece, 10 plates (9 heliotype), 6 folding maps, including 1 in rear pocket; 1 map detached. Some marginal spotting. New York, no. 86, no. 37. Text by Frederick Law Olmstead. Includes a facsimile of Hennepin's A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America. Dow, page II: 1113.
Published by Bernard, 1737
Seller: Librairie Voyage et Exploration, Cerny, France
Book First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Amsterdam, Jean-Frédéric Bernard, 1737. 2 volumes in-4, basane marbrée, dos orné , filets sur les plats , tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque) , charnières fendues , frottements aux dos , manque les pièces de titre , coins usés La plus belle édition du xviiie siècle, reprenant la traduction de Jean Baudouin de l'Histoire des Incas et l Histoire de la conquête de la Floride traduite du même auteur par Pierre Richelet, ainsi que la Nouvelle découverte d un pays plus grand que l Europe situé dans l Amérique par Louis Hennepin. L'illustration comprend un frontispice et 15 superbes planches d'après Bernard Picart et Debrie gravées en taille-douce par Duflos, Folkema et Morellou La Cave, ainsi que 2 cartes (sur 3 , manque la carte du Pérou) dépliantes , Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi par Guillaume de l Isle(eo 1718) avec de nombreuses mentions de tribus indiennes et une carte du Cours du Mississippi , inspiré par Hennepin , qui montre le territoire allant de la baie d'Hudson au golfe du Mexique et du cours supérieur du Rio Grande à l'embouchure du Saint-Laurent , La Nouvelle Orléans y est mentionné alors que la première carte ne l indique pas. Garcilasso de La Vega (1539-1616), chroniqueur que l'on surnommait l'Inca, était le fils d un conquistador et de la princesse Chimpu Ocllo, nièce du monarque inca Tupac Yupanqui. Son ouvrage principal, paru en 1609 sous le titre « Comentarios reales de los Incas », est regardé comme une source très précieuse pour l'histoire de la civilisation inca et la conquête des Espagnols , l'auteur, d'ascendance mixte, tente une synthèse entre l'apport des deux peuples, ne cachant son admiration ni pour l'un ni pour l'autre .
Publication Date: 1698
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
HENNEPIN, LOUIS. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico. London: For M. Bentley, J. Tonson [&c.], 1698. [22], 243, [33], 228 p. Engraved fore-title, 5 (of 6) folding plates. Lacking the two maps and one plate. Contemporary calf, early rebacking (hinges and corners worn). Text dampstained. Thus, First edition in English, the "Tonson" issue. An imperfect copy, lacking the two maps and one plate, of one of the classic accounts of American exploration. Howes H416; European Americana 698/100; Wing H1451.
Published by Paris: Amable Auroy, 1688., 1688
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp. 6 p.l., 312, 107. 2 woodcut headpieces & initials. woodcut monogram on title. folding map in facsimile. contemporary calf, gilt back (spine ends & corners worn). Second Edition (first: 1683) of the first and most important of Hennepin s narratives. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin came to New France in 1675, and in 1678, he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crevecoeur (Chicago) and penetrated further north-west into the interior than any white man before him. He discovered St. Anthony s Falls (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) and provided the first eye-witness account of Niagara Falls. He was subsequently captured by the Sioux and after several months wandering, was rescued by Daniel De Lhut. "[This] was the first book to use the name Louisiane, albeit that name had been given to this region previously by La Salle and was not Hennepin s invention as claimed by him." (Howes) "The first account in print of La Salle s journey to the Illinois country in 1678 and 1679, and the first description in print of the Falls of Niagara, as well as the first account in print of the Mississippi above its confluence with the Wisconsin River. Jean Delanglez in his Hennepin s Description of Louisiana, a Critical Essay, 1941 has demonstrated now that Hennepin did not write the first two-thirds of the Description de la Louisiane but had plagiarized it from the first third of the Abbé Claude Bernous s manuscript account of the same voyage instead of the other way around as long thought." (Streeter, citing the first edition of 1683) The Paris 1683 and 1688 editions of the Description are rarer and more valuable than Hennepin s later accounts, and are rated c and b by Howes. As often, this copy is lacking the map, which is replaced by an excellent facsimile on watermarked laid paper. Dionne II 215. European Americana 688/121. Howes H-415. Gagnon II 977. Harrisse 160. JCB p. 192. Paltsits li. Sabin 31348. TPL 81. Vail 222. Vlach 375. cfBell H114. cfLande S1057. cfStreeter I 102. DCB II pp. 277-82 & I pp. 256-59.
Published by G. Broedelet, Utrecht, Belgium, 1697
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Full contemporary vellum over boards with spine label. Vellum darkened, split along spine joint. PO inscriptions. Engraved title/frontis and letterpress title, lacks engraved maps, 2 folding engraved plates of which one is the first engraved view of Naigara falls, one is a bison. Scattered foxing. 2" tear to edge of bison plate. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 506 pages.
Published by Antoine Schouten, Utrecht, 1698
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this work by Louis Hennepin. With three engraved plates and one folding map. Lacking one plate and one map as is quite common - may have been bound without it. Printed in original French. Louis Hennepin was a catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order and an explorer of the interior of North America. This is a continuation of his work from the previous year, in which Hennepin recounts his explorations to the New World. Hennepin was sent as a missionary to New France at the request of Louis XIV to accompany explorer Robert de la Salle, who was credited with claiming of the Mississippi river in the name of France. Hennepin was with La Salle at the construction of Fort Crevecouer when Le Salle sent Hennepin and two others as as an advance party to search for the Mississipi river. Hennepin was captured by the Sioux war party and abducted for a time. In these works Hennepin falsely calimed to have made a voyage of discovery along the lower Mississippi river before Le Salle's descent in 1682. Two great waterfalls were brought to the world's attention by Louis Hennepin, Niagara Falls and the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall in the Mississippi River. In a quarter morocco binding. Externally, worn with some rubbing. Backstrip missing. Hinges tender. Bookbinder stamp to rear pastedown. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Internally, binding strained. Pages bright with spotting throughout. Good. book.
Publication Date: 1698
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Dutch edition. Engraved title-page, four engraved plates, and a folding map. Small 4to. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, rebacked, with original spine laid down, spine gilt, leather label. Minor shelf wear & some repairs to verso of folding map, frontis trimmed close at lower edge just catching platemark. Very good. [2, printed titlepage], [28], 142, [18]pp. Utrecht, The first Dutch translation of Hennepin's 1698 Nouveau Voyage., which is a continuation of his Nouvelle Decouverte. of the previous year. In this work, he added new material drawn from contemporary sources on Indian manners and customs and various North American travels. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, while the last concern the British treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. Lengthy passages are taken from Le Clercq's Etablissement de la Foy of 1688. Despite the fact that Hennepin has been severely and justly criticized for imposture and plagiarism, his works, according to Thwaites, still stand as ?invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these.?CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)No other narratives of French exploration in the interior of North America enjoyed as wide a popularity or stimulated as much controversy and criticism among later scholars as those of Hennepin. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin went to New France in 1675, and in 1678 he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crevecoeur (Chicago) and penetrated farther northwest into the interior than any white man to that time. He discovered St. Anthony's Falls near the present site of Minneapolis, and provided the first eyewitness account of Niagara Falls.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)?Based on various contemporary sources, it is made up of information concerning the manners and customs of the Indians and of La Salle's extraordinary labors in the far reaches of Canada's new frontier? (Howes).CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)The map is titled: ?Carte d'un Nouveau monde entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. Gasp. Bouttats fecit.? The four finely engraved plates illustrate two views of La Salle, an Iroquois battle scene, and the taking of the city of Quebec by the English.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)A rare Dutch translation, with excellent and sought-after engravings. Bell, p.263; Decker 50:121; Field, 168; Howes, H417 ?b?; Sabin, 31358.
Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (ILAB), Vianen, Netherlands
First Edition
Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1688.3 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (spine rep. and rubbed). With engraved frontispiece by C. or J. Luyken, engraved folding map and 6 engraved plates. (8),158,(6); (4),200,(4) pp.First Dutch edition; first published in Paris in 1683 Description de la Louisiane. - The earliest printed account of Louisiana. -'First and most important of the writings of this rascally friar, giving a fairly reliable account of his genuine voyage up the Mississippi from the Illinois to the falls he named St. Anthony's (including his captivity there among the Sioux Indians). It was the first book to use the name Louisiane, albeit that name had been given to this region previously by La Salle and was not Hennepin's invention as claimed by him' (Howes p.262). Hennepin, a Belgian Franciscan missionary, accompanied the French explorer De la Salle on his 1678-79 expedition from Fort Frontenac to Niagara, then on to Illinois country from where Hennepin went further on his own. He became the first to describe the Niagara Falls (Howgego p.500). - One of the most important volumes in the early history of North America (Lande). - (Corner of 1 leaf in the second work damaged with some loss of text; age-browned). - A fine copy with the map "Kaart van Nieuw Vrankrijk en van Louisania (sic). Tiele 464; Cat. NHSM I, p.266; Van Eeghen-Van der Kellen 143; ; Sabin 31357; Howes 415; European Americana IV, 688/120; TPL 81 (French ed. only).
Published by A Utrecht, Chez Antoine Schouten, Marchand Libraire. 1698., 1698
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nouveau Voyage d'un pais plus grand que L'Europe Avec les reflections des entreprises du Sieur de la Salle, sur les Mines de St. Barbe, &c. Enrichi de la Carte, des figures, expressives, des moeurs & manieres de vivre des Sauvages du Nord, & du Sud, de la prise de Quebec Ville Capitalle de la Nouvelle France, par les Anglois, & desavantages qu on peut retirer du chemin recourci de la Chine & du Japon, par le moien de tant de Vastes Contrees & de Nouvelles Colonies. Avec approbation et dédié à sa Majesté Guillaume III. Roy de la grande Bretagne. Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionaire Recollect & Notaire Apostolique. A Utrecht, Chez Antoine Schouten, Marchand Libraire. 1698. The volume is paginated as follows: (70), (2), 1 389 (3). Uncut leaves. Complete with the blank before Chapter 1 and the final blank (often missing). The volume collates as follows: *12 - ***12, A Q12, R4 First Edition. With one folding map and four plates. Lacking the Map of North America, never bound in, as often. A stunning UNCUT TALL COPY, internally fine, bound in 19th C. Vellum. The volume measures 16.5 x 10 x 3 cm. The uncut leaves measuring 160 x 93 mm. Bound in 19th Century smooth vellum with Yapp edges, with a green Moroccan gilt stamped lettering piece on the spine. The vellum scuffed and a bit dirty, with a few cracks and minor splits, but still quite attractive. With the small book-binders stamp on the front endpaper; Bound by W. Pratt For H. Stevens 1871. Internally the contents are uncut and in a generally fine condition throughout with no water stains or foxing. The leaves and plates white and crisp, showing little handling. As is typical in uncut issues page sizes can vary. The Map with generous margins. The map and plates all strong dark impressions. Following the successful Nouvelle Découverte, 1697, Hennepin issued this sequel in 1698 adding new material drawn from contemporary sources on Indian manners and customs and various North American travels. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, including a plate depicting the murder, while the last concern the British treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. This includes the famous, fanciful and romantic plate, by Van Vianen, showing the English storming the fortress of Quebeek .
[72], 1-312, [10], 313-506 pp.Second edition of an important account relating of voyages through the largely unexplored interior of northern America, around what is now the U.S.-Canadian border, published one year after the first edition (Utrecht 1697) and with the same engravings. Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan monk from Ath, served as chaplain on an expedition led by René-Robert de La Salle (1643-1687) to the Great Lakes region "and became the first to describe the Niagara Falls" (Howgego), seen and drawn in 1678. With La Salle he travelled to the Illinois River by way of Lake Huron, Green Bay, Lake Michigan and the St Joseph River. La Salle returned to Montreal for supplies, but Hennepin, together with two companions, continued travelling, ascending the Mississippi as far as present day Minneapolis (in what is now called Hennepin County), where he was captured by the Sioux in April 1680. During a hunting expedition with the Sioux, Hennepin sighted St Anthony Falls. In September 1680 they released him and his companions, who returned to Quebec and from there to France in 1682. The two folding views, first published in the 1697 edition and here printed from the same plates, are the first published image of Niagara Falls and the first engraving of an American bison (American buffalo). Nearly all earlier images of the bison derived directly or indirectly from the woodcuts published by Gesner in 1551 and Gómara in 1553.With a bookplate on paste-down and another on the back of the title-page. A small tear in each map. Binding worn along the extremities, title-label partly torn off and head and foot of spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in good condition.l JCB IV, pp. 367-368 (lacking the maps); Sabin 31350; STCN 840820275 (5 copies); Trömel 422; cf. Howgego, to 1800, H62; for the views & maps: cf. Brown, Archive of early American images 05863-2 & 01933-1 and Maps 01935-1 & 0891-1 (from the Utrecht, London and Brussels eds.).
Published by Utrecht: Antoine Schouten, 1698., 1698
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp. 35 p.l., 389. 4 folding engraved plates & 1 folding engraved map. title in red & black. A very good copy, bound in old half sprinkled calf (a few short tears & repairs to plates - no loss). armorial bookplate of Colonel Cooper. First Edition. No doubt anxious to capitalize on the tremendous success of the Nouvelle Découverte, published the previous year, Hennepin issued this sequel, adding new material drawn from contemporary sources, on Indian manners and customs and various travels in North America. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, while the last relate of the English treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. Lengthy passages are lifted from Le Clercq's Établissement de la Foy. Despite the 'rascally' friar's liberal indulgence in plagiarism, for which he has been justly criticized, according to Thwaites, his works still stand as "invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these." The four plates by Van Vianen include a fine romantic view of the taking of Quebec by the English in 1629 and a portrayal of the murder of La Salle. Dionne II 246. Gagnon I 1651. Harrisse 177. Howes H-417. Lande 424. Paltsits lvi-lvii. II 1537. Sabin 31351. Streeter I 104. Streit 2:2775. Vlach 379. cfBell H118, cfCox II 85 & cfTPL 84 (Voskuyl issue). DCB II pp. 277-82.
Published by widow of Sebastien Hure, France, Paris., 1683
Seller: HALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. HENNEPIN, LOUIS. 1640-1705? 12mo (165 x 95 mm) 2 parts in 1 volume. [12], 312, 107 pp. [1] LACKING folding engraved map by Roussel. Contemporary Calf, raised bands, gilt compartments. FIRST EDITION, WITHOUT MAP. Hennepin was a Jesuit missionary and explorer among the Iroquois until he joined La Salle's expedition as chaplain. He led the advance party which founded Fort Tonti on the Niagara River and is well remembered as the first European to describe Niagara Falls. Hennepin rejoined La Salle to descend the Illinois to its confluence with the Mississippi and then to trek up the Mississippi and become the first European discoverer of the Falls of Saint Anthony in 1680. Hennepin returned to France and quickly published the present work using own journals and also the uncredited manuscript journal of Abbé Claude Bernous. Clements One Hundred Michigan Rarities 5, Howes H415, Sabin 31347, Streeter sale 102. THE FIRST PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF LOUISIANA :THE FIRST REPORT OF NIAGARA FALLS AND THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE WISCONSIN. Excellent, Rarity.
Published by M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, London, 1698
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes in one. [xx]+engraved title-page+folding map+355 pages with frontispiece, folding maps and folding plates. [xxvi]+folding map+178 pages with folding plates. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in attractive later red morocco with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine, edges in gilt. (Graff 1862; Howes H-416; Lande 423; Pforzheimer 461; Sabin 31371; Streeter J106; Thwaite, 1903 edition, p.xlii; Wing H1450) First English edition. The "Bon" issue (with the first line of the printers on the title-page ending in "Bon-"). This work includes A Continuation of the New Discovery bound at the end with separate title-page and pagination, but with continuous signatures. One of the most important 17th-century accounts of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Louis Hennepin, Rene Robert Cavelier and Sieur de la Salle established Fort Crevecouer in Peoria, Illinois, and explored the upper Mississippi River before being captured by the Sioux. Hennepin reached St. Anthony's Falls (near present-day Minneapolis, Minnesota) on a hunting expedition with the Sioux, which was the farthest a European man had traveled into the Northwest Territory at the time. Hennepin wrote his account of the journey in 1682 after being rescued by French voyager Daniel De Lhut and provides the first eye-witness account and first published views of Niagara falls. Despite Hennepin's plagiarism of Le Clercq's Etablissement de la foy, Hennepin's works still provide "invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study" (Thwaite). Condition: Some minor spotting; maps with some minor soiling and tears (some with repairs) and one backed in linen, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, a few minor scuffs to sides. Provenance: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (bookplate, sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009, lot 84). A very good copy.
Published by London: Printed for M.Bentley, J.Tonson, H.Bonwick, T.Goodwin, and S.Manship, 1698., 1698
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Parts in 1, with separate titles. 8vo. pp. 11 p.l., 243; 16 p.l., 228. engraved frontis., 2 large folding engraved maps & 6 folding engraved plates. A very nice tight copy in 19th century tree calf (some light browning & foxing). later custom morocco pull-off box (cracks in spine). First Edition of the English Translation, Second ( Tonson ) Issue, with plates and typography improved. Perhaps no other narratives of French exploration in the interior of North America enjoyed as wide a popularity, or stimulated as much controversy and criticism among later scholars as Hennepin s. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin came to New France in 1675, spending most of the next three years in parts of Quebec and at Fort Frontenac, present-day Kingston. In 1678, he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crèvecoeur and penetrated further north-west into the interior than any white man before him. Hennepin discovered St. Anthony s Falls, the site of present-day Minneapolis Minnesota. He also provided the first eye-witness account of Niagara Falls, and the engraving of the Falls which appears in his narrative was the earliest to be published. Hennepin was subsequently captured by the Sioux, and after several months of wandering, was rescued by Daniel Dulhut. This English edition contains translations of both Hennepin s second and third books, the Nouvelle Découverte (Utrecht: 1697) and the Nouveau Voyage (Utrecht: 1698). The first presents a fairly reliable account of Hennepin s actual travels and experiences, but also incorporates his infamous claim to have descended the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. This is in fact Fathre Zénobe Membré s true relation, which Hennepin plagiarized from Le Clercq s Établissement de la Foy (1691). In is sequel, the Nouveau Voyage, Hennepin added new material drawn from contemporary sources, on Indian manners and customs, and accounts of the travels of Marquette and Joliet. Eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, and another deals with the English treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. "Despite the fact that Hennepin has been severely and justly criticized for imposture and plagiarism, his works, according to Thwaites, still stand as "invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these." In addition to the view of Niagara Falls, the plates include a fine romantic view of the taking of Quebec by the English in 1629, and a portrayal of the murder of La Salle.Bell H121. Church 773. Cox II p. 84. Dionne II 250. European American 698/100. Harrisse (NF) 181. Howes H-416. JCB (2)2:1535. Lande 423. Sabin 31370. Wing H1451. cfTPL 6354.
Published by Chez Guillaume Broedelet, Marchand Libraire, Utrecht, 1697
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of this account of Hennepin's travels in what is now the United States and Canada. Twelvemo (6 x 3 1/2 inches; 153 x 30 mm). [70], 506 pp. [with extra 10 * pages, all numbered 313]. With engraved title-page, two folding maps and two folding plates (the first ever view made of Niagara Falls, the other of one of the earliest pictures of an American bison). In this book, (his second) Hennepin includes the substance of his first, the Description de la Louisiane, printed in 1683, and continues with the account of a voyage he here claims to have made to the mouth of the Mississippi and back up again. "In the second book Hennepin adds, to his actual voyage up the Mississippi, a pretended one down that stream prior to La Salle" (Howes). That voyage was, in fact, undertaken Le Clerq, and while Hennepin has been much maligned through the ages for his plagiarism, this should not detract from his monumentally important contributions to the history of early American exploration. Contemporary full vellum. Spine lettered in ink in a contemporary hand. Tape repairs to inner margins of leaves ***5 and ***6. One leaf, leaf A with reinforced fore-edge, with no loss, and leaf A6 with small paper repair. A few notes in old ink on front endpapers.Vellum a bit bumped and soiled, but overall an exceptionally clean copy. Louis Hennepin (1640-1705), a Franciscan missionary, traveled with Rene Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, into the interior of North America. No other narrative of French exploration into the interior of North America has enjoyed as wide a popularity or stimulated as much controversy as that of Hennepin. In 1678 he set out with La Salle to explore the basin of the Mississippi. When La Salle returned to France to raise more funds for the exploration, Hennepin continued on and ascended the river from Fort Crevecouer (Chicago) and, ultimately, voyaged farther northwest into the interior than any white man before that time. He discovered St. Anthony's Falls near the present site of Minneapolis, and gave the first eyewitness account of Niagra Falls. The engraving of the Falls found in this book was the first ever published. "This work begins with Epistre Dedicatoire 23 pp., Avis an Lecteur, 26 pp giving details as to his trials and difficulties. Table de Chapitres, 19 pp. The text begins with some general remarks and biographical details and then follows the Description de la Louisiane expanding it, to p. 200 when it copies from Le Clercq's Etablissment de la Foi, p. 153. From p. 249 to 312 is an account of a pretended voyage down the Mississippi. The star pages and most of the remainder are from the Description de la Louisiane enlarged. From 313 to end is in different type from preceding portion, the chapter heads have arabic figures while in the earlier part they have Roman numerals, the head lines differ being Nouvell Découv before 313 and Nouvel Decouv after 313. The spacing is also different, all tending to show that it was set in another office and by other hands. The introduction of star pages shows that the succeeding portion was printed first. The type on last page is smaller than the body of the work. The work has been rewritten by some literary man not versed in Canadian affairs or Catholic terms The Moeurs des Sauvages is omitted Whether all from 249 to the last 313 was inserted after the work was printed in its original form is a question on which Hennepin's credit depends. The map continues the Mississippi to the gulf, calls the Missouri, R. Otenta puts the Chiquacha on the R. Tamaroa below it, the Akansa on a R. Ouma and to two rivers below on the west absurdly gives the names Hiens and Sablonniere taken from La Salle's last voyage. It omits the tree with the French arms." (Shea, 2). Howes 416, Streeter 104, Sabin 31349, Shea 2. HBS 66730. $17,500.
Published by Utrecht: Guillaume Broedelet, 1697., 1697
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo., (5 6/8 x 3 4/8 inches). Additional engraved title, 2 large folding maps and 2 folding plates, with the 5 inserted leaves between quires N & O (engraved title-page trimmed at fore-margin, second map with a few splits at folds, occasional unimportant discolouration). Modern brown morocco. THE FIRST DEPICTION OF NIAGARA FALLS First edition of the latter part of this important but much decried account of Hennepin's travels in what is now the United States and Canada, including his probably fictitious description of his voyage down, and up, the Mississippi. One of the two plates is the first depiction of the Niagara Falls. Hennepin made two voyages to the New World, the first was on the same boat as the explorer René-Robert Cavalier de La Salle, arriving in Quebec in 1675. The following year he traveled to Fort Frontenac (now Kingston) on Lake Ontario and helped establish a mission there. In 1678 Hennepin was reassigned to Quebec and in November of that year accompanied La Salle on his exploration into the Great Lakes region. Hennepin accompanied Accault on an exploratory expedition of the Mississippi valley, and was taken prisoner by the Sioux. Rescued in 1681 by a small party of French explorers led by Daniel Greylsolon, sieur du Lhut, he returned to France and published an account of his adventures as "Description de la Louisiane" in 1683. Fleeing from France in disgrace in 1692 Hennepin sought the protection of King William III of England. He audaciously proposed colonization of the Mississippi Valley to the King, and through the assistance of the British secretary of war was permitted to travel to Amsterdam to publish works on North America and make preparations for potential British colonization of the American interior. "Unable to publish his proposed works in Amsterdam, Hennepin subsequently traveled to Utrecht and with British assistance published there two major works on early North America, "Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays, situé dans l'Amérique" (1697) and "Nouveau Voyage d'un païs plus grand que l'Europe". In these works Hennepin falsely claimed to have made a voyage of discovery along the lower Mississippi River before La Salle's famous descent of the river in 1682; in both books, the former missionary claimed that he urged the British monarchy to colonize the Mississippi Valley. Hennepin is noteworthy primarily because of his three book-length publications that were translated into numerous European languages in more than forty editions. The first established his reputation as a major figure in the European exploration of the North American interior; it also helped to focus the attention of the major European powers and the European scientific community on the importance of Mississippi Valley exploration and development. The latter two books, based as they were on fallacious information, largely destroyed Hennepin's reputation both as a writer and as an authority on North American exploration. The works nevertheless had a profound impact on North American colonization. Fearing that William III would follow Hennepin's advice, France organized a major colonization expedition to the mouth of the Mississippi River. In 1699, two years after publication of Hennepin's notorious Utrecht books, French forces established Fort Maurepas near present-day Biloxi, Mississippi, to safeguard France's interests in the lower Mississippi Valley" (ADNB). Sabin 31349. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.