[BAUDRY DES LOZIÈRES, LOUIS NARCISSE] | Voyage à la Louisiane, et sur le continent de l'Amerique sepentrionale, fait dans les annees 1794 a 1798…Paris: Dentu, 1802

[BAUDRY DES LOZIÈRES, LOUIS NARCISSE]

Voyage à la Louisiane, et sur le continent de l'Amerique sepentrionale, fait dans les annees 1794 a 1798; contenant un tableau historique de la louisiane, des observations sur son climat, ses riches productions, le caractere et le nom des sauvages, des remarques importantes sur la navigation, des principes d'administration, de legislation et de gouvernement propres a cette colonie. Paris: Dentu, 1802

Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). Engraved folding map. Contemporary pink cloth boards, spine titled in manuscript at an early date on a mounted slip of yellow paper; early bookplates to front pastedown.

One of the classic early works on Louisiana

It has been suggested that this work was written when it was first thought that Louisiana would be returned to France, in an effort to demonstrate its importance as a colony. While less a work of personal observation than a collection of contemporary data and reports, the text includes some discussion of Texas, the resident Indian tribes and their languages, accounts of slavery and colonial administration, etc. Pages 348-62 include important Dakota and Chippeway vocabularies. A wonderful Louisiana item and an important book on the early American West.

REFERENCE:

Wagner-Camp 1a; Field 99; Clark II:76; Howes B243; Monaghan 149; Pilling 319; Streeter Sale 1571; LeClerc 124; Sabin 3979; Monglond V, 1207