1903 · Chicag
by Hennepin, Louis: Thwaites, Reuben Gold, [editor]
Chicag: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Two volumes: lxiv,[2],353; [10],[355]-711pp. Facsimiles, illustrations, and two folding maps. Thick quartos. Original half vellum and paper covered boards, spines gilt. Some light soiling to the bindings and light wear to the corners. Small bookplate on rear pastedown of both volumes. Very clean internally. Aside from the light binding wear, near fine overall. Untrimmed and unopened. Large paper copy, number 16 of an edition of 150 thus. This is the first scholarly edited edition of Hennepin's most important work, edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, who has added an introduction, notes, and an index. Based on the so-called "Tonson" issue, first published in London in 1698, this is perhaps the most important 17th century account of the upper Midwest and the Great Lakes. HOWES H416. GRAFF 1862. FIELD 685. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 8. SABIN 31371. (all refs).
(Inventory #: WRCAM48587)