Extrait de la Relation des Avantures et Voyage
Published by A la Presse Cramoisy de J. M. Shea, Nouvelle York, 1863
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB )
AbeBooks seller since June 21, 1998
Association member: ABAAESAIOBASNEABILAB
View this seller's itemsCondition: Used - Very good
£ 209.14
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
First Edition. 32 pages. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Brown cloth as issued. Faded gilt lettering on spine. INSCRIBED presentation copy from E. G. Squier to Wm Blackmore. The Graff copy with booklabel on front pastedown. Several penciled notes on the front pastedown including one noting this is one of 100 copies produced (we have been unable to corroborate this). Text in French. Boards bowed outward, corner tips bumped, sunning to spine. Still a nice copy with collector provenance. Cloth. A fictitious tale from the imagination of the illiterate Mathiew Sâgean. Scarce, with no copies for sale in RBH since 1970 (but 29 entries before that). Sabin notes: "Forms No. XVII. of Shea’s Cramoisy Series. A few copies were printed on large paper. "Father Hennepin had among his contemporaries two rivals in the fabrication of new discoveries. The first was the noted La Hontan, whose book, like his own, had a wide circulation and proved a great success. . Mathiew Sâgean is a personage less known than Hennepin or La Hontan; for, though he surpassed them both in fertility of invention, he was illiterate, and never made a book. In 1701, being then a soldier in a company of marines at Brest, he revealed a secret which he declared that he had locked within his breast for twenty years, having been unwilling to impart it to the Dutch and English, in whose service he had been during the whole period. His story was written down from his dictation, and sent to the minister Ponchartrain. It is preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale, and in 1863 it was printed by Mr. Shea."---PARKMAN’S La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, pp. 458--461, where a summary of the relation is given. An English version is in the "Historical Magazine," vol. x. (1866), pp. 65--71. In the British Museum (Grenville collection (is the following: "The original Manuscript account of the Kingdom of Aacaniba, given by the Affidavit of M. Sagean, who with his Companions were the first Europeans in that Country, which, tho’ hitherto unknown to all Geographers; yet on the faith of that relation, the late Regent of France erected the Mississippi, now the French East-India Company. But as that manuscript was never before published, which relates as facts, matters very singular, it is Englished by Quin Mackenzie, who, that he may not seem to have exaggerated its original, adjoins an authentic duplicate therefo. London, 1755. Fol."" (Sabin 74898).…
Seller Inventory # 27675
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Extrait de la Relation des Avantures et Voyage
- Author
- Sâgean , Mathieu [ Sagean, Mathiew ]
- Publisher
- A la Presse Cramoisy de J. M. Shea, Nouvelle York
- Publication year
- 1863
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Cloth
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana & the Americas, Travel, Voyages & Exploration
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 15 to 30 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 4.42 | £ 7.38 |
Payment methods
- Bank Wire Transfer
Store description
Kuenzig Books trades in Antiquarian Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics material. Subspecialties include early computing, chemistry, photography, the history of communication, and the discoveries that have impacted the way we live and work. We buy and sell antique scientific instruments (microscopes, optics, slide rules, computers) both didactic and professional. Add a broad range of documentary photography, ephemera, and eclectic material from other fields, and most visitors find something to interest them. We welcome your visit electronically or by appointment.…
Specialty
Scientific Instruments (Books about), Scientific Artifacts (Instruments themselves), Technology, Engineering, Photography, Manuscript material, Science, EphemeraAssociation member
Seller's business information
Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB )
MA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
John F. Kuenzig
Kuenzig Books, ABAA/ILAB
PO Box 452
Topsfield, MA 01983
U.S.A.
info@kuenzigbooks.com
978-887-4053
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A., without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.