HISTOIRE DU CANADA ET VOIAGES QUE LES FRERES MINEURS RECOLLECTS Y ONT FAICTS POUR LA CONVERSION DES INFIDELLES..
1865 · Pari
by Sagard-Theodat, Gabrie
Pari, 1865. Four volumes. Original wrappers, spines renewed, lightly chipped, Minor soiling. Very good. Reprint of the extremely rare 1636 first edition. Sagard was a Recollect missionary who spent 1623-24 in Huronia as a missionary to the Huron nation. This work is considered an extension of his earlier GRAND VOYAGE... detailing "the travels and missionary labors of the Recollects among the Indians of Canada..." - Field. Also included is his dictionary of the Huron language, a collection of French expressions translated into Huron, to be used as a manual by traders and missionaries. FIELD 1344. GAGNON I 3121. LANDE 770. SABIN 74886. TPL 33 (Inventory #: WRCAM50822)