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Auction 92, Lot 407
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"Description des Castors & de leur Industrie, des Canots, Habitations, Habillemens, Maniere de Vivre des Sauvages du Canada…", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Native Americans

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
17 x 15 inches
43.2 x 38.1 cm
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An interesting sheet of French text describing the customs of the Canadian Native Americans. The sheet includes several engravings of the people engaged in various activities; hunting, fishing, canoeing, marriage and burial ceremonies, etc. There is also a large, ferocious beaver, recognizable in later cartouches by de Vaugondy, Santini and others.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/13/2000

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