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Feb. 10, 2024
Louis Hennepin, (1640 - 1705), One of the earliest printed views of the Mississippi River, 1712 edition; Nouvelles découvertes d'un très grand pays... dans l'Amérique 7 1/2" W x 6" H
Est: $100 - $200
Louis Hennepin, (1640 - 1705), One of the earliest printed views of the Mississippi River, 1712 edition; Nouvelles découvertes d'un très grand pays... dans l'Amérique Etching on laid paper with watermark (1712 edition printed in Amsterdam). Accompanied by a detailed explanation.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 17, 2023
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). A New Discovery of a vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico. Wi
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). A New Discovery of a vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. London: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698. First English edition, probable first issue. This work includes A continuation of the New Discovery... with separate title-page. Hennepin, a Franciscan missionary, travelled with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, into the interior of North America. In 1679 they penetrated the area of the Great Lakes into Illinois, after which Hennepin wrote the first published account of the region. They reached the site of Peoria, Illinois where they established Fort-Crèvecouer. Hennepin and the remaining men explored the upper Mississippi when La Salle returned to Fort Frontenac for supplies. They were captured by Sioux Indians, and went with them on several hunting expeditions. During the course of one expedition they reached what Hennepin named the Falls of St. Anthony (site of Minneapolis, Minnesota). Hennepin was rescued by the French voyageur Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Dulhut, in July 1680 and returned to write his accounts in 1682. This is the so-called "Bon" issue (from end of the first line of the imprint), which is the probable first. Alden & Landis 698⁄100; Howes H-416 ("b"); Graff 1862; Church 772; Sabin 31371; Vail 278. Two volumes in one, octavo (186 x 110mm). Two engraved folding maps, engraved frontispiece and six engraved folding plates (pale browning to plates and text, second map with repaired stub tear, small hole in last plate). Contemporary blindstamped calf (rebacked). Provenance: Richard Mynshull, 1657⁄8-1722 (bookplate dated 1702 on verso of title page) – William St. Quintin (bookplate).
Christie's
Oct. 21, 2020
HENNEPIN, LOUIS. 1640-1705? A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico.... London: for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698.
Est: $600 - $900
HENNEPIN, LOUIS. 1640-1705? A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico.... London: for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698. 2 volumes in one. 8vo (182 x 102 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved folding plates, 2 engraved maps (one in facsimile). Modern blue morocco by Stern, spine gilt, gilt edges. Tears to 3 plates, map linen-backed, occasional marginalia, some foxing and infrequent stains including to second title, spine darkened. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE or 'Bon-' issue, with 'Bonwick' broken on first line of imprint. The text was immediately reprinted with a new title-page, typesetting and distribution of plates. One of the first explorers of the Mississippi and the American interior, Hennepin also 'discovered' Niagara Falls and the plate in this volume is the first to illustrate them. Church 772; Graff 1862; Howes H-416; Sabin 31370. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jan. 25, 2020
Hennepin, Nouveau Voyage...
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-1705). Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais Plus Grande que L'Europe. Ultrect: Chez Ernestus Voskuyl, 1698. Comparable: Christie's, 2007 - $5,625. 12mo. (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 14.6 x 8.2 cm.). Title-page printed in red and black, one engraved folding map and 4 engraved folding plates; title-page has been re-margined, one or two short marginal tears to maps, not affecting image. Contemporary vellum over thin paste-board; new endpapers. FIRST EDITION AND AN UNCOMMON COPY with the imprint "Utrect, chez Ernestus Voskuyl" instead of the more common imprint of "chez Antoine Schouten" (Church 774). A continuation of Hennepin's Nouvelle Decouverte of the previous year, it comprises materials about La Salle taken from Chrétien Le Clercq's "Etablissement de la foy dans la Nouvelle France" (Paris, 1691) and the description of the Indians which had first appeared in Hennepin's own "Description de la Louisiane" (Paris, 1683). HENNEPIN WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERIOR, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED THE ATTENTION OF THE MAJOR EUROPEAN POWERS as well at the European scientific community on the importance of Mississippi Valley exploration and development. Hennepin made two voyages to the New World, the first was on the same boat as the explorer René-Robert Cavalier de La Salle, arriving in Quebec in 1675. The following year he traveled to Fort Frontenac (now Kingston ) on Lake Ontario and helped establish a mission there. In 1678 Hennepin was reassigned to Quebec and in November of that year accompanied La Salle on his exploration into the Great Lakes region. He accompanied Accault on an exploratory expedition of the Mississippi valley, and was taken prisoner by the Sioux. Rescued in 1681 by a small party of French explorers led by Daniel Greylsolon, sieur du Lhut, he returned to France and published an account of his adventures as "Description de la Louisiane" in 1683. Fleeing from France in disgrace in 1692, Hennepin sought the protection of King William III of England . He proposed the colonization of the Mississippi Valley to the King, and through the assistance of the British secretary of war was permitted to travel to Amsterdam to publish works on North America and make preparations for potential British colonization of the American interior. "Unable to publish his proposed works in Amsterdam, Hennepin subsequently traveled to Utrecht and with British assistance published there two major works on early North America, "Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays, situé dans l'Amérique" (1697) and "Nouveau Voyage d'un païs plus grand que l'Europe". Fearing that William III would follow Hennepin's advice, France organized its own major colonization expedition to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Hennepin falsely claimed to have made a voyage of discovery along the lower Mississippi River before La Salle's famous descent of the river in 1682. When it was discovered that his last two works were based on fallacious information and that he engaged in plagiarism, Hennepin s reputation was largely destroyed. Notwithstanding this he is still widely credited for his impact on North American colonization. FIRST DEPICTION OF NIAGRA FALLS. REFERENCES: Alden & Landis 698/101; Arents Tobacco 432; Church 774n; Harrisse NF 177; Howes H-417; Sabin 31351; Streeter sale I:104; Streit II:2775.
Arader Galleries
Dec. 02, 2016
Hennepin, Louis (French, 1640-1705)
Est: $600 - $900
Hennepin, Louis (French, 1640-1705), "Carte de la Nouvelle France et de la Louisiane", Paris, 1683, engraved map by Roussel, cartouche by Guerard, 11 1/2 in. x 18 3/4 in. Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929); The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1909-2016).
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 04, 2012
HENNEPIN, LOUIS. 1640-1705?
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America.... London: M. Bentley, J. Tonson, et al, 1698. 2 parts in 1. 8vo (190 x 106 mm). [22], 243, [1]; [32], 228 pp. Engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved folding maps, and 6 engraved folding plates. Period paneled calf. Some browning, maps backed, covers chipped at edges, corner repairs, rebacked with later endpapers. Provenance: Daniel Wray [? 1701-1783]; gift to the Carthusians in London (stamp to verso of title). SECOND EDITION IN ENGLISH. Two editions appeared in 1698, this is the so-called "Tonson" edition (with the first line of the printers on the title-page ending in "Tonson"). The second part (with its own title page) is A continuation of the New Discovery.... Hennepin journeyed with la Salle as company chaplain to the area of the Great Lakes and Illinois; his is the first published account of the region. Church 773; Howes H416; Graff 1862; Sabin 31370; Vail 278; Wing H1451.
Bonhams
Apr. 10, 2012
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-1705?). Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grande que L'Europe. Utrecht: [E. Voskuyl for] Antoine Schouten, 1698.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-1705?). Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grande que L'Europe. Utrecht: [E. Voskuyl for] Antoine Schouten, 1698. 12υo (144 x 85 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. One engraved folding map and 4 engraved folding plates (plates with a few repaired tears, folding map with some repairs on verso affecting tiny areas of text, some light browning). Modern vellum. FIRST EDITION. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his Nouveau voyage of the previous year, and comprises material about La Salle derived from Chrétien Le Clercq's Etablissement de la foy dans la Nouvelle France (Paris, 1691) and the description of the Indians which had first appeared in Hennepin's own Description de la Louisiane (Paris, 1683). One of the plates shows La Salle disembarking in Texas, another shows him being assassinated. Alden & Landis 698/101; Arents Tobacco 432; Church 774n; Harrisse NF 177; Howes H-417; Sabin 31351; Streeter sale I:104; Streit II:2775.
Christie's
Dec. 02, 2010
HENNEPIN, LOUIS. 1640-1705? Description de la Louisiane, nouvellement decouverte au Sud-Oüest de la Nouvelle France. Paris: widow of Sebastien Hure, 1683.
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Description de la Louisiane, nouvellement decouverte au Sud-Oüest de la Nouvelle France. Paris: widow of Sebastien Hure, 1683. 2 parts in 1 volume. [12], 312; 107 pp. Folding engraved map: Carte de la nouuelle France et de la Louisiane, engraved by Roussel and with a cartouche by N. Guerard, 298 x 485 mm. 12mo (151 x 89 mm). Period blindstamped calf, red morocco lettering-piece; folding buckram box. Pale toning at gutter margin near ends, υ1R gathering working loose, υ1B7 with paper flaw affecting 3 letters, υ2A4 with blank corner torn away, map with 1½" repaired stub tear into image and 3 tiny repairs at fold intersections, recornered and rebacked with old spine laid down, covers rubbed. FIRST EDITION, WITH A FINE COPY OF THE RARE AND IMPORTANT MAP, the first to name Louisiana. Hennepin was a Jesuit missionary among the Iroquois until he joined La Salle's expedition as chaplain. He led the advance party which founded Fort Tonti on the Niagara River and is well-remembered as the first European to describe Niagara Falls. Hennepin rejoined La Salle to descend the Illinois to its confluence with the Mississippi and then to trek up the Mississippi and become the first European discoverer of the Falls of St Anthony in 1680. Hennepin returned to France and quickly published the present work using own journals and also the uncredited manuscript journal of Abbé Claude Bernous. Ayer 127; Bell H114; Clements One Hundred Michigan Rarities 5; European Americana 683/96; Greenly 8; Harrisse NF 150; Howes H415; Howgego H62; Jones 330; Sabin 31347; Schwartz & Ehrenberg p 130; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 81; Streeter sale 102; Streit II:2721; Vail 222; Wheat Transmississippi West 62. Acquisition: Siebert sale, Sotheby's New York, Oct 28, 1999, lot 660, $48,875. THE FIRST PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF LOUISIANA; THE FIRST REPORT OF NIAGARA FALLS AND THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE WISCONSIN.
Bonhams
Dec. 09, 2009
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). A New Discovery of a vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. London: Printed
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). A New Discovery of a vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. London: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698. 2 volumes in one, 8υo (182 x 115 mm). 2 engraved folding maps, engraved title and 6 engraved folding plates (some browning and staining). 19th-century marbled calf, spine with gilt-lettered red label. Second English edition, considered typographically superior to the first. Two editions appeared in 1698, this is the so-called "Tonson" edition (with the first line of the printers on the title-page ending in "Tonson") and with the alterations of the page numbers on the plates. This work includes A continuation of the New Discovery... with separate title-page. Hennepin, a Franciscan missionary, travelled with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, into the interior of North America. In 1679 they penetrated the area of the Great Lakes into Illinois, after which Hennepin wrote the first published account of the region. They reached the site of Peoria, Illinois where they established Fort-Crèvecouer. Hennepin and the remaining men explored the upper Mississippi when La Salle returned to Fort Frontenac for supplies. They were captured by Sioux Indians, and went with them on several hunting expeditions. During the course of one expedition they reached what Hennepin named the Falls of St. Anthony (site of Minneapolis, Minnesota). Hennepin was rescued by the French voyageur Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Dulhut, in July 1680 and returned to write his accounts in 1682. Alden & Landis 698/100; Church 773; Howes H-416; Graff 1862; Sabin 31370; Vail 278; Wing H-1451.
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