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<dl><dd>Edition statement appears between title proper and statement of responsibility on title page</dd>
<dd>Verso of half-title pages read: Imprimerie Jouaust rue Saint-Honoré, 338 a Paris</dd>
<dd>Colophon reads: Imprimerie par Jouaust 338 rue Saint-Honoré, a Paris pour la Libraire Tross</dd>
<dd>Translation of Cartier's first voyage as published in v. 3 of: Delle nauigationi et viaggi / edited by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, printed in Venice, 1556.; the Italian translation in Ramusio itself is apparently translated from an unpublished French manuscript</dd>
<dd>"Discovrs dv voyage fait par le capitaine Iaqves Cartier aux Terres-neufues de Canadas, Norembergue, Hochelage, Labrador, et pays adiacens, dite nouuelle France, auec particulières mœurs, language, et ceremonies des habitans d'icelle. A Roven, de l'imprimerie de Raphaël du Petit Val, libraire et imprimeur du roy, à l'Ange Raphaël. M.D. XCVIII", p. [1], 2nd count is a reprint of the original title page</dd>
<dd>"Documents inédits sur Jacques Cartier et le Canada", p. [4]-53, has separate dated title page with imprint: Paris: Libraire Tross 5, rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, 5, 1865</dd>
<dd>"Ensvyt le langage des pays et royavmes de Hochelage et Canadas, autrement appelee par nous la Nouuelle France", p. [9]-14, includes the Huron/Wyandot names for numbers 1-10, the French and Huron names for the names of the parts of the body, and other vocabulary</dd>
<dd>"Le langage des payes et royaumes de Hochelage et Canada d'après Ramusio", p. [69]-71, includes vocabulary of Italian words translated into the Huron/Wyandot language</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi⁶ (pi2, pi3 versos blank) [1]⁸ )[1]₈ verso blank) 2-4⁸ 5⁶ (5₂, 5₆ verso blank) A-C⁸ (A1 verso blank) D⁴</dd>
<dd>Bookseller's adverisement: p. [2-3], 9th count</dd>
<dd>Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Cf. Harrisse, H. Nouvelle-France, 7</dd>
<dd>Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 598/19</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 1 imperfect: wanting folded map and folded plan</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 1 is printed on vellum-like pages and has many guard sheets between leaves; originally most pages had guard sheets between them; loose guard sheets have been removed and housed in mylar in the JCB bibliographical file</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound in contemporary brown bookcloth; housed in brown bookcloth covered slipcase</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 2 is printed on deckle paper, with pages untrimmed, and has original printed paper covers and has been trimmed down to 21 cm. in height</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired from the estate of Maury A. Bromsen</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557; Indians of North America; Wyandot language; Indian linguistics; Catalogs, Booksellers; Imprint 1865</div>
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<dl><dd>Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557</dd>
<dd>Michelant, Henri, 1811-1890</dd>
<dd>Ramé, Alfred, 1826-1886</dd></dl></div>
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