Mœurs des sauvages ameriquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps. Tome premier (title page of Part 1)

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Title

Mœurs des sauvages ameriquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps. Tome premier (title page of Part 1)

Subject

mœurs; manners; coutumes; customs; peuples autochtones; Indigenous peoples; voyages; exploration; journal de voyage; travel log; Nouvelle-France; New France; Canada; Amérique du Nord; North America; 18e siècle; 18th century

Description

Transcription of text on title page: “Mœurs / des / sauvages / ameriquains, / compare’es aux mœurs / des premiers temps. / Par le P. Lafitau, de la compagni de Jesus. / Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. / Tome premier. / Impr. à Rollan, & se vend, / a Paris, / chez Saugrain l’aîné, Quay des Augustins, / près de la ruë Pavée, à la Fleur de Lys. / Charles-Estienne Hochereau, à l’en- / trée du Quay des Augustins, au Phénix. / MDCCXXIV. / Avec approbation et privilege du Roy”.

The work is separated into two volumes and consists of four parts (two in each volume). The first volume consists of 610 pages and includes 20 copperplate engraving illustrations as well as one map. Parts 1 and 2 (vol.1) provide a comprehensive history of the origin of Canada’s settlers and describe the religious practices, the political government as well as the marriage and education of Indigenous peoples.

The work is a highly detailed summation of the life and society of Indigenous peoples, as Lafitau draws upon direct observation from his experience living among them from 1712–1718.

Creator

Lafitau, Joseph François (author)

Source

University of Ottawa, University of Ottawa Library, Archives and Special Collections, Rare Books.
Call number: E 58 .L162 1724 v.1-2.
Item catalogued by Stéphanie Moïse, University of Ottawa.

Publisher

Saugrain l'aîné; Charles-Estienne Hocherau

Date

1724

Rights

Copyright © Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa / Archives et collections spéciales, Université d'Ottawa.

Format

Title page; 17 x 14.2 cm (book)

Language

French

Type

Text

Identifier

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Lafitau-Vol1-titlepage

Coverage

Paris, France

Citation

Lafitau, Joseph François (author), “Mœurs des sauvages ameriquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps. Tome premier (title page of Part 1),” Linking Culture(s), accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/linking-cultures/items/show/39.

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