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Voiages dans le Canada et son Naufrage en revenant en France. Mis au jour par le Sr. Louis Crespel, son Frère. Portrait. 12mo. Francfort sur le Meyn, 1742 [1884]

121. CREUXIUS (FRANCISCO). Historia Canadensis sev Novæ-Franciæ libri decem, ad annum usque Christi 1656. Large folding map and 13 full-page plates, including the folding plate of the tortures inflicted on the Jesuit Missionaries by the Indians. Thick small 4to, original vellum, with remnant of the silk ties. Parisiis, 1664

A FINE LARGE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, with the two leaves of Dedication which are nearly always wanting.

This work was compiled almost entirely from the RELATIONS OF THE EARLY JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN CANADA (1625-6), and may be considered a résumé of all the important historical events and original information concerning the manners and customs of the Indians.

On the front cover are stamped the initials R*D*G*A*A* and the date 1*6*6*7* and the binding is in a fine state of preservation.

122. CREVECOEUR (ROBERT DE). cœur, sa Vie et ses Ouvrages (1735-1813). brown morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Saint John de Creve-
Portraits. 8vo, half.
Paris, 1883

123. [CROSS] An Answer to an invidious Pamphlet, intituled, A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania. Wherein are exposed the many false Assertions of the Author or Authors, of the said Pamphlet, with a View to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania and their Government obnoxious to the British Parliament and Ministry, etc. 8vo, boards, roan back. No half-title.

London, 1755

This answer is said to have been written by one Cross, formerly an attorney's clerk, who was convicted of forgery and sentenced to be hanged, but was reprieved.

124. CUSICK (DAVID). Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations. Illustrations. 8vo, wrappers. Lockport, 1848

VERY SCARCE. Contains a tale of the Foundation of the Great Island -North America; an account of the early settlers-of America; and the origin of the kingdom of the Five Nations.

125. [DANIEL (ABBE).] Le Vicomte C. de Lery, et sa Famille. Portraits. 8vo. Montreal, 1867

126. DARTNELL (GEORGE R.). A Brief Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Transport "Premier," near the Mouth of the River St. Lawrence, No. 4, 1843. With engravings made on the spot. 4to. London, 1845

127. D'AUMALE (M. LE DUC). History of the Princes de Condé in the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Translated from the French by Robert Brown Borthwick. Portraits. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf. London, 1872

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128. DE BAUGY (LE CHEVALIER). Journal d'une Expédition contre les Iroquois en 1687. 12mo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Paris, 1883

Letters and material relating to Fort St. Louis of the Illinois. 129. DE MALARTIC (LE COMTE DE MAURES). Journal des Campagnes au Canada, de 1755 à 1760. Portrait and map. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Dijon, 1890

130. DENNIS (JOHN). Liberty Asserted. A Tragedy. Small 4to, half blue morocco (head-lines trimmed into, some leaves repaired, and no half-titles). London, 1704

FIRST EDITION.

131. DE PEYSTER (FREDERIC). The Life and Administration of Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Governor of the Provinces of New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, from 1697 to 1701. Portraits and facsimile. 8vo. New York, 1879

132. DE PEYSTER (J. W.). The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig. Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart. traits and folding map. Small 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, New York, 1882

uncut.

Autograph presentation copy from the author.

133. DETROIT. In the Footsteps of Cadillac (Burton); "Cadillac's Village," with a history of the Settlement (Burton); Early Detroit (Burton); The Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of Detroit by the British, 1896. 4 pamphlets.

134. DEVINE (E. J.). Historic Caughnawaga. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Montreal, 1922

135. DOBBS (ARTHUR). An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-west Part of America. Containing a Description of the Lakes and Rivers, etc. . . shewing the Benefit to be made by settling Colonies, and opening a Trade in these Parts; whereby the French will be deprived in a great measure of their Traffick in Furs, and the communication between Canada and Mississippi be cut off. Large folding map. 4to, half London, 1744

morocco.

FINE COPY OF THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION. An important work on the Early History and Struggle for the possession of Hudson Bay. 136. DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES. Correspondence échangés entre les autorités Françaises et les Gouverneurs et Intendants. Vol. I. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Quebec, 1893

137. DODDRIDGE (JOSEPH). Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, from the Year 1763 until the Year 1783 inclusive. Together with a View of the state of Society and Manners of the First Settlers of the Western Country. 12mo, original calf (one leaf damaged, but text supplied in MS.). Wellsburgh, Va., 1824

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. This and Withers' "Chronicle" have long been considered of primary importance in Americana collections. It

was drawn from original sources. Separate chapters deal with the Indian War of 1763; Dunmore's War; Death of Cornstalk; Capture of Mrs. Brown; Adam Poe, etc.

138.

Logan, the last of the Race of Shikellemus, Chief of the Cayuga Nation. A Dramatic Piece, to which is added, The Dialogue of the Backwoodsman and the Dandy. Reprinted from the Virginia Edition of 1823. Small 4to, boards. Cincinnati, 1868

An Appendix relates to the murder of Logan's family.

139. DONNE (W. BODHAM). The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North, from 1768 to 1783. Edited, from the originals at Windsor. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf. London, 1767 FIRST EDITION.

140. DOUGHTY (ARTHUR G.). A Daughter of New France. Being a Story of the Life and Times of Magdelaine de Verchères, 1665-92. Frontispiece in color by H. R. H. Princess Patricia. 12mo, limp morocco. Ottawa, 1916

141. DOUGLASS (WILLIAM). A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North America. With the folding colored map in fine state. 2 vols., 8vo, original sprinkled calf, rebacked. London, 1760

Fine copy.

142. DROUIN DE BERCY. L'Europe et l'Amérique comparées. With 6 colored plates. 2 vols., 8vo, old calf, gilt backs.

Paris, 1818

143. DUBUISSON. Official Report made by the Commanding Officer, Mr. Dubuisson, to the Governor General of Canada, of the War which took place at Detroit, in 1712, between the French and their Allies, and the Ottagamie and Mascoutins Indians. 8vo, wrappers. Detroit, 1845

SCARCE.

144. DUNLAP (WILLIAM). A Trip to Niagara; or, Travellers in America. A Farce in Three Acts. 16mo, half morocco, uncut. New York, 1830

FIRST EDITION. SCARCE.

145. History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. Maps and illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf (one title missing, and ex-library copy). New York, 1840

146. DUSSIEUX (L.). Le Canada sous la Domination Française, d'après les Archives de la Marine et de la Guerre. Map. 8vo, half roan (rubbed, and one leaf mended), uncut. Paris, 1855

147.

cut.

Another Edition.

12mo, half morocco, gilt top, unParis, 1862

148. ELIOT (ANDREW). A Sermon Preached October 25, 1759. Being a Day of Public Thanksgiving . . . for the Success of the British Arms this Year; especially in the Reduction of Quebec. Svo, boards.

Boston, 1759 VERY SCARCE. Pp. 21 and 38 are entirely historical, relating to the various expeditions into Canada, with historical footnotes regarding the

same.

149. ELZEVIR PRESS. Titi Livii Historiarum Libri ex recensione I. F. Gronovii. Engraved title. 4 vols., 18mo, full brown straight-grain morocco. Lugd. Batav: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1645 Henry Ward Beecher's copy, with his autograph in each volume.

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150. EMOTT (JAMES). Speech in the H. of R. delivered Jan. 12, 1813. 8vo, sewn. In board covers. Alexandria, n. d.

151. ENTICK (JOHN). The General History of the Late War, containing its Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. With 49 portraits and maps. 5 vols., 8vo, old sprinkled calf (some hinges weak). London, 1763

FIRST EDITION. Contains many interesting particulars relative to the Catawba, Cherokee, Chickesaw, Delaware and other tribes of Indians.

152. ERIE CANAL. The Advantages of the proposed Canal from Lake Erie to Hudson's River, fully illustrated in a Correspondence between the Hon. Gouverneur Morris and Robert Fulton. 8vo, sewn. N. p., n. d.

153. ESSAY ON POLITICAL LYING (AN). 8vo, sewn.

London, 1857

154. ESTANCELIN (L.). Recherches sur les Voyages et Découvertes des Navigateurs Normands en Afrique, dans les Indes Orientales et en Amérique. 12mo, boards (back missing).

Paris, 1832

155. EVANS (CHARLES W.). Biographical and Historical Accounts of the Fox, Ellicott, and Evans Families, and the different families connected with them. Portraits and other illustrations. Small 4to. Buffalo, 1882

FINE COPY OF EVANS' MAP PRINTED BY

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

156. EVANS (LEWIS). Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays. The First, containing an Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America; and of the Country of the Confederate Indians; A Description of the Face of the Country; The Boundaries of the Confederates; and the Maritime and Inland Navigations of the several Rivers and Lakes contained therein. With the rare original colored

map, linen-backed. 4to, crushed crimson levant morocco, line-tooled, with gilt centre ornament, gilt edges, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755

A CHOICE COPY OF THIS VERY RARE WORK, ESPECIALLY SO WITH THE MAP, WHICH IS IN BRILLIANT STATE. The Second Edition, with the last line of imprint reading: "And sold by J. and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall. London."

157. [FAILLON (L'ABBE).] Histoire de la Colonie Française en Canada. Portrait and maps. 3 vols., royal 8vo, threequarter red morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Villemarie, 1865

VERY SCARCE. VERY FINE COPY. This important publication was made from official documents, most of them unpublished, among the archives of France and Canada.

158. FALCONER (THOMAS). On the Discovery of the Mississippi, and on the South-Western, Oregon, and North-Western Boundary of the United States. Folding map. 12mo, full sprinkled calf. London, 1844 FINE COPY, with the leaf of errata. Scarce. Contains a translation of Memoirs of La Salle and Tonti.

159. FASHIONABLE TOUR (THE); or, a Trip to the Springs, Niagara, Quebeck, and Boston, in the Summer of 1821. 16mo, three-quarter brown morocco, uncut, original front wrapper bound in. Saratoga Springs, 1822

FIRST EDITION. Scarce in uncut state.

160. FERLAND (J. B. A.). Cours d'Histoire du Canada. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco.

Quebec, 1882

161. FERNOW (BERTHOLD). The Ohio Valley in Colonial Days. Small 4to, boards, uncut. Albany, 1890

162. FIELD (THOMAS W.). An Essay towards an Indian Bibliography. Being a Catalogue of Books, relating to the History, Antiquities, Languages, Customs, Religion, Wars, Literature, and Origin of the American Indians. 8vo, uncut, paper label.

New York, 1873 NOW VERY SCARCE. The bibliographical notes are most important, and the work is indispensable to the collector and student.

163.

Catalogue of his Library. Printed Prices. 8vo, half morocco, uncut (covers loose). New York, 1875

164. FOWLER (THOMAS). The Journal of a Tour through British America to the Falls of Niagara; Containing an Account of the Cities, Towns, and Villages along the Route. Written during the Summer of 1831. 12mo, half morocco (a little rubbed).

Aberdeen, 1832

165. [FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN).] The Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. 8vo, three-quarter olive morocco, gilt top, by Morrell. London, 1760

Fine copy of this important French and Indian War tract, which is also attributed to Richard Jackson.

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