[Americana - LaSalle - New France] Building and Voyage of the Griffon - Extra Illustrated in Fine Binding

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An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus by Cowan's Auctions

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An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the La...

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Jun 5, 2017 - Jun 26, 2017

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Lot Description

Marshall, O.H. THE BUILDING AND VOYAGE OF THE GRIFFON, IN 1679. Reprinted from the Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 7, August, 1879. (Buffalo): Bigelow Brothers, (1879). Tall 8vo in early 1/2 blue morocco and marbled boards. 36 pp. Presentation copy from "the author" to General James Grant Wilson. Extra-illustrated with 15 inserted portraits and plates, with additional 6 pp. text entitled, "Tribute to the Late Orasmus H. Marshall," by W.L. Stone.

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Remington, C.K. THE SHIP-YARD OF THE GRIFFON, a brigantine built by René Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, in the year 1679, above the falls of Niagara ... Illustrated by views and maps...Together with the most complete bibliography of Hennepin that has ever been made in any one list ... Buffalo: 1891. 76 pp., wrappers bound-in.

With ALs of W.L. Stone laid-in.

Provenance: Property of a Separate Collector, Prescott, AZ

Condition

Very Good condition in a handsome fine binding; occasional offsetting from the engraved plates. Both works scarce in the market.
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