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North America - MACKENZIE (Alexander). Voyages d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique septentrionale, faits en 1789, 1792 et 1793. Paris, Dentu, An X -1802. 3 vol. in-8 of I. Frontispiece, [2]-xx-409 pp. 1 folding map; II. [2]-420 pp. ; III. [2] ff. 388 pp. 1 folded map and 1 folded table. Dark blue bradel boards, threaded spines, gilt title and gilt chapter headings. Minor spotting to last volume. First French edition, by J. Castéra, illustrated with 2 (of 3) large folding maps at the end of each volume: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, du Fort Chipiouyan à la Mer Glaciale, en 1789" and "la route d'Alexandre Mackenzie, depuis Montréal au Fort Chipiouyan et à la Mer Glaciale en 1789, et du Fort Chipiouyan au Grand Océan Boréal en 1798". Without the map in Volume II: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie du fort Chipiouyan jusqu'au bords de l'Océan Pacifique, en 1793". The first volume contains a vocabulary of the Algonquin language and that of the Knisteneaux, Indians of the same family, as well as a Chippeway vocabulary. "The translator has added many notes which greatly enhance the value of the work" (Sabin, XI, 62). (Chadenat, 1165. Sabin, 43416.)

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North America - MACKENZIE (Alexander). Voyages d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique septentrionale, faits en 1789, 1792 et 1793. Paris, Dentu, An X -1802. 3 vol. in-8 of I. Frontispiece, [2]-xx-409 pp. 1 folding map; II. [2]-420 pp. ; III. [2] ff. 388 pp. 1 folded map and 1 folded table. Dark blue bradel boards, threaded spines, gilt title and gilt chapter headings. Minor spotting to last volume. First French edition, by J. Castéra, illustrated with 2 (of 3) large folding maps at the end of each volume: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie, du Fort Chipiouyan à la Mer Glaciale, en 1789" and "la route d'Alexandre Mackenzie, depuis Montréal au Fort Chipiouyan et à la Mer Glaciale en 1789, et du Fort Chipiouyan au Grand Océan Boréal en 1798". Without the map in Volume II: "la route d'Alex.dre Mackenzie du fort Chipiouyan jusqu'au bords de l'Océan Pacifique, en 1793". The first volume contains a vocabulary of the Algonquin language and that of the Knisteneaux, Indians of the same family, as well as a Chippeway vocabulary. "The translator has added many notes which greatly enhance the value of the work" (Sabin, XI, 62). (Chadenat, 1165. Sabin, 43416.)

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