History of Louisiana
Item #41758
LE PAGE DU PRATZ, Antoine. The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina.... London, 1763. Two volumes. 12mo. 1, vii, [1], 368pp. plus 2 folding maps; [4], 272pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, gilt maroon morocco labels. A near fine set, complete with 1/2 titles. In a cloth slipcase. Howes L-266. Clark I:75. Pilling 2261. Graff 2463. Rader 2219. Sabin 40122. Raines, p. 73. Streeter Sale 130. Field 911. Wheat Transmississippi 158. First English language edition of one of the most useful contemporary authorities on French Louisiana, based on the author's sixteen-year residence there. He offers a great deal of useful information relative to the Natchez and other Mississippi tribes, and his work as a whole has been the basis for many later studies of the period. "...Valuable for showing French claims to southern territory east of the Mississippi and for particulars concerning Indian nations there" - Howes. Of particular interest is a short account of Louis de St. Denis' expedition to New Mexico in 1715. "...A curious mixture of history, travel narrative, tall stories, and reminiscences...touch[ing] upon almost every phase of Louisiana in his time..." - Clark. There is a folding plan of New Orleans and a "Carte de la Louisiane," which shows a large eastward-flowing Missouri River.
Price: $5,000.00