THE HISTORY OF PARAGUAY; CONTAINING AMONGST MANY OTHER NEW, CURIOUS, AND INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THAT COUNTRY, A FULL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS FORMED THERE BY THE JESUITS, FROM AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIVES, IN THE VERY CENTRE OF BARBARISM: ESTABLISHMENTS ALLOWED TO HAVE REALIZED THE SUBLIME IDEAS OF FENELON, SIR THOMAS MORE, AND PLATO by Charlevoix, P. Francois-Xavier - 1769

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. LACKS VOLUME FOUR. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpapers (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Spines faded and foxed with minor loss from head and foot, edges and endpapers foxed. 1900 Hard Cover. Five of six volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles. Illustrated with maps, plans, and engravings. Shea's 1866-1872 translation (Sabin 12137), from De Charlevoix's 1744 work (Sabin 12135), which originally appeared in three volumes. De Charlevoix, a French Jesuit priest, is considered the first historian of New France, and this work is an important primary source for Canadian and colonial American history. This edition includes a biographical introduction by John Francis Bannon, as well as footnotes and marginal gloss throughout text.

Desaint & Saillant ; David ; Dur, 1756. Hardcover. Good. . Presumed first. VOL. I-III. Ex-library with antique library labeling. Half leather with marbled boards. Leather spines have some wear but still look good on a shelf. Minor foxing here and there throughout, overall clean. Fold-outs intact, bindings sturdy. Overall a nice set for its age.