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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Charlevoix (P. F. X. de) —Continued, 

 printed for R and J. Dodsley" 2 11. index to 

 botli volumes 11 11. 8°, 



Linguistics as under titles above, vol. 1, pp. 

 299-303. 



Copies seen: Boston Athenaeum, Congress, 

 Massachusetts Historical Society. 



The Fischer copy, no. 2223, brought 5s. ; the 

 Field copy, no. 332, $5; the Menzies copy, no. 

 376, half calf, antique, $5.75; the Squier copy, 

 no. 191, $2.25; the Brinley copy, no. 78, $3.50. 

 Clarke, 1886, no, 5381, prices an old calf copy $4. 



Letters | to the | Dutchess [sic] of 



Lesdiguieres ; | Giving an Account of a | 

 voyage to Canada, | and | Travels through 

 that vast Country, | and | Louisiana, to 

 the Gulf of Mexico. | Undertaken | By 

 Order of the present King of France, | 

 By Father Charlevoix. | Being a more 

 full and accurate De- 1 scription of Can- 

 ada, and the neigh- | bouring Countries 

 than has been ' before published ; the 

 Character of | every Nation or Tribe in 

 that vast | Tract being given ; their 

 Eeligion, | Customs, Manners, Tradi- 

 tions, Go- I vernment, Languages, and 

 Towns; | the Trade carried on with 



. them, I and at what Places ; the Posts 

 or I Forts, and Settlements, estab- 

 lished I by the French; the great 

 Lakes, | Water-Falls, and Rivers, with 

 the I Manner of navigating them; the | 

 Mines, Fisheries, Plants, and Ani- | 

 mals of these Countries, | With Reflec- 

 tions on the Mistakes the | French have 

 committed in carrying | on their Trade 

 and Settlements ; | and the most proper 

 Method of | proceeding pointed out. | 

 Including also an Account of the Au- | 

 thor's Shipwreck in the Channel of j 

 Bahama, and Return in a Boat to | the 

 Mississippi, along the Coast of | the 

 Gulf of Mexico, with his Voy- 1 age from 

 thence to St. Domingo, | and back to 

 France. | [Device. ] | 



Printed for R. Goadby, and Sold by 

 R. Baldwin in Pater- | Noster-Row, 

 London. 1763. 



. Title verso blank 1 1. contents pp. iii-xiv, 

 errata verso advertisement i 1. text pp. 1-384, 8°. 



Linguistics as under previous titles,pp. 120- 

 124. 



Copies seen : Astor, Boston Athenaeum, Brit- 

 ish Museum, Brown, Congress. 



A "beautiful uncut copy" at the Menzies 

 sale, no. 375, brought $5. 



According to Sabin's Dictionary, no. 12140, 

 some copies are dated 1764. 



Charlevoix (P. F. X. de) — Continued. 



A I voyage | to | North-America : f 



Undertaken by Command of the pres- 

 ent I king of France, j Containing | the 

 Geographical Description and Natural 

 History | of | Canada and Louisiana. | 

 With I The Customs, Manners, Trade 

 and Religion | of the Inhabitants; a 

 Description of the Lakes and | Rivers, 

 with their Navigation and Manner of 

 passing j the Great Cataracts. | By 

 Father Charlevoix. | Also, | A Descrip- 

 tion and Natural History of the Islands 

 in the j West Indies belonging to the 

 different Powers of [ Europe. Illustrated 

 with a Number of curious Prints \ and 

 Maps not in any other Edition. | In two 

 volumes. | 



Dublin : | Printed for John Exshaw, 

 and James Potts, in | Dame-Street. | 

 MDCCLXVI [1766]. 



2 vols, maps, 8°. The title of vol. 2 differs 

 slightly from that of vol. 1, which is given 

 above. 



Linguistics as under previous titles, vol. 1, 

 pp. 163-166. 



Copies seen: British Museum, Brown, Con- 



Leclerc, 1878, no. 699, prices a copy 25 fr. A 

 copy at the Briuley sale, no. 80, brought $17 ;. 

 the Murphy copy, no. 552, sold for $9. 



I have seen several partial reprints of Char- 

 levoix which do not contain the linguistics. 



Pierre Francois Xavier de Ch arlevoix, French 

 traveller, born in Saint Quentin 29 Oct., 1682,- 

 died in LaFleche 1 Feb., 1761. He entered the 

 Jesuit society in 1698, and while a scholar was 

 sent to Quebec in 1705, and during the four 

 years following his arrival taught in the col- 

 lege in that place. After completing his divin- 

 ity studies, he became a professor of belles- 

 lettres in France, published a history of 

 Christianity in Japan, and returned to Canada. 

 For some time after his arrival he remained at 

 Sault St. Louis. Then he ascended the St, 

 Lawrence, and, reaching the Mississippi by 

 way of the Illinois, descended the river to New 

 Orleans, thence proceeding to France byway of 

 Santo Domingo, after an absence of two years. 

 From 1733 till 1755 he was one of the directors 

 of the "Journal de Trevoux." He published 

 in succession histories of Santo Domingo and 

 Japan, and in 1744 his " Histoire de la nouvelle 

 France," which had been kept back for twenty 

 years. Simultaneously with the latter appeared 

 the journal that he wrote while in America, 

 which was addressed to the Ducbess de Lesdi- 

 guiere, and was soon translated into English. 

 Though his history was praised and quoted as 

 an authority by scholars, it was not translated 

 until recently, when an edition in English was 



