CHARLEVOIX (Pierre-François-Xavier de) - Journal d'un voyage - Lot 290

CHARLEVOIX (Pierre-François-Xavier de) - Journal d'un voyage fait par ordre du roi dans l'Amérique septentrionale. Paris, Chez Rolin, 1744; in-4, XIV + 543 pp. in full contemporary calf, spine ribbed, red title-pieces, red edges. Third volume only (of 3) of Charlevoix's Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France, with separate title. The first map is missing, but the copy contains: Carte du cours de la rivière du Saguenay. - Map of Isle d'Orléans and the passage of the traverse in the St. Lawrence River. - Map of the Quebec basin and surrounding area. - Map of Canadian lakes (fold-out). - Map of the strait between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. - Map of the mouths of the Mississippi. - Part of the coast of Louisiana and Florida (fold-out). - Plan of Pansacola Bay. Also by the same author: Histoire du Paraguay (Paris, chez Ganeau, Bauche et d'Houry, 1756, second volume only of the 3 published). Sold as is.