NATIVE AMERICAN] BARAGA, FREDERIC. Abrégé de l'histoire des Indiens de l'Amérique septentrionale, par F. Baraga. Missionaire au lac Supérieur. Traduit de l'allemand . Paris: Société des bons livres, Rue des Saintes-Pères, 1837. First French edition [the German and Slovenian editions were issued the same year]. Contemporary green French morocco, all edges marbled. 6 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (16.5 x 9.5 cm); [4], 296 pp. Covers rubbed with loss of pigment, spine faded to brown, some foxing and toning within. With the period bookplate on the front pastedown of the Pensionnat du Sacré Coeur, Besancon. An extremely important and accurate account of the Native American population of the Michigan region published in Europe, primarily Chippewa and Ottawa peoples, mostly written with great sympathy and considerable accuracy. Baraga (a Slovenian) was a pioneering linguist in the native languages of the area, compiling a major dictionary of Ottawa. Howes B111; Sabin 3246; Siebert Sale 393 ($6,900). C
NATIVE AMERICAN] BARAGA, FREDERIC. Abrégé de l'histoire des Indiens de l'Amérique septentrionale, par F. Baraga. Missionaire au lac Supérieur. Traduit de l'allemand . Paris: Société des bons livres, Rue des Saintes-Pères, 1837. First French edition [the German and Slovenian editions were issued the same year]. Contemporary green French morocco, all edges marbled. 6 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (16.5 x 9.5 cm); [4], 296 pp. Covers rubbed with loss of pigment, spine faded to brown, some foxing and toning within. With the period bookplate on the front pastedown of the Pensionnat du Sacré Coeur, Besancon. An extremely important and accurate account of the Native American population of the Michigan region published in Europe, primarily Chippewa and Ottawa peoples, mostly written with great sympathy and considerable accuracy. Baraga (a Slovenian) was a pioneering linguist in the native languages of the area, compiling a major dictionary of Ottawa. Howes B111; Sabin 3246; Siebert Sale 393 ($6,900). C
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