Author: Rouvier, Frederic
Title: Au Berceau de L'Autre France: Le Canada Et Ses Premiers Martyrs. Avec de Nombreux Dessins a la Plume de L'Auteur
Description: Paris, Victor Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. Third Edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Contemporary brown full morocco, boards decorated in gold, spine with four raised bands with gold lettering and decorations, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt others uncut, marbled endpapers. From the private library of the Postulazione Generale in Rome, with their labels on the spine panel and the rear panel, their stamp on the title and two numbers on the flyleaf. With numerous in-text drawings by the author. Includes sections on the Jesuits Huron Mission in Quebec in the 1600s, Jacques Cartier, manners and customs of the native Americans, and more. Light wear to the edges, mild toning to text. Internally very clean. A bright, very good+ copy. Text in French. ; Octavo. .

Keywords: non-fiction, FRENCH BOOKS, FRENCH LANGUAGE, HISTORY, FINE BINDINGS, CANADA, NEW FRANCE, JESUITS, MISSIONARIES History Antiquarian


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