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Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales ; Contenant une Relation des differens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appele vulgairement le Mississipi; leur Religion; leur Gouvernement; leurs Moeurs; leurs Guerres & leur Commerce Author: Bossu, Jean Bernard Place Published: Paris Publisher: Chez Le Jay Date Published: 1768 Description: 2 volumes. xx, 244; iv, 264 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates including frontispieces. 16.2x9.4 cm (6½x3¾"), contemporary calf expertly rebacked; marbled endpapers and edges. Comprised of letters Bossu wrote to the Marquis de L'Estrade describing his life and travels in Louisiana 1751-1762. He was imprisoned in France and his book banned for critical comments against the ministry. Howes B626; Streeter 1518; Clark II:5; Meisel III:349; Sabin 6465. Streeter Sale 1518: "Bossu wrote well and his letters not only give an interesting picture of life in the Mississippi Valley and Mobile Country to the east at the beginning of the second half of the eighteenth century, but incorporated also are many sketches of events in preceding years." Condition: Corners and edges worn; tear to edge of page in vol. II expertly repaired; very good. Item#: 365371 Headline: Early travels in Louisiana