Bossu, M., 1720-1792, Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales , MDCCLXVIII [1768]
- Title(s):
- Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales : contenant une relation des differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi : leur religion, leur gouvernement, leurs moeurs, leurs guerres & leur commerce / par M. Bossu, Capitaine dans les Troupes de la Marine.
- Published/Created:
- A Paris : Chez Le Jay, Libraire, Quay de Gêvres, au Grand Corneille, MDCCLXVIII [1768]
- Physical Description:
- 2 pt. in 1 v. (xx, 244; [4], 264 p., [4] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsF372 .B67 1768Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1504284
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- The author's observations during his first two visits to the country, 1751-1757 and 1757-1762.
Both parts have an engraved frontispiece. Illustrations engraved by Charles Beurlier; after Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin.
Signatures: a¹⁰ A-K¹² L²; pi² A-L¹².
Woodcut printer's device on t.p.s to both pt.
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces.
BAC: British Art Center copy copy bound in gilt tooled sprinkled calf; marbled paper end-papers; text block edges stained red. - Subject Terms:
- Engraving -- Specimens -- 1768. (BACRB)Etching -- Specimens -- 1768. (BACRB)Haiti -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Early works to 1800.Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Early works to 1800.Louisiana -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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