De zeden der wilden van Amerika [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [4]-300-2 bl.-1]-301/555 pp. (some very min. spotting and browning, pl. 3, 7, 12, 18, 23, 35, 38 and 40 missing).

Contemp. brown calf (covers renewed), gilt orn. spine with 6 raised bands. Uncut copy.

Rare first edition of the translation (1st French ed. 1724) of this elaborate anthropological work about the Canadian Indians by the Jesuit and historian La Fiteau (1681-1746). Ill. with an engr. front. by J.B. Scotin, one map of America and 33 (of 41) numb. engr. showing mainly local scenes and rites. La Fiteau compares in an ingenious way the religion, morals and customs of the Canadian Indians with those of the people from the Greek-Roman antiquity. Titles in red & black.
Ref. Sabin 38598. - Tiele 637. - Biogr. univ. XXII:488. - Borba de Moraes 453. - Not in DBS.
Prov. Libr. stamps.