A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending Above Four Thousand Miles Between New France & New Mexico, with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. by Hennepin, L - 1699

London: Henry Bonwicke, 1699. Second Edition . Half-Leather. Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 240 + xxii + 216 pp., 2 vols. in one, 2nd London Edition, frontis + 6 folding plates (Niagara Falls, a buffalo, 2 ships, Murder of La Salle, the Savage Iroquois, Taking of Quebec) + 2 folding maps. Defects: inner hinges sl. cracked but solid, bookplate of Edward N. Crane, couple of small tears to the frontis p., f.f.e.p. barely attached, 1st fold. map has some professionally repaired tears on the creases as does the 2nd fold. map however, they also have some unrepaied tears on the creases where it attaches to the p., half-leather bound w/raised bands on the spine & gold foil stamping, marbeled boards, marbeled endpapers (a Victorian era binding). Title continued: Also, the Manners, Customs, and Languages of the several Native Indians; And the Advantage of Commerce with those different Nations. With a Continuation Giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the Mines of St. Barbe, &c. The Taking of Quebec by the English; with the Advantages of a Shorter Cut to China and Japan. Half-leather bound hardcover book in good to v.g. cond., text is clean.