MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aF1030$b.L65
051 $aF1030$b.L65 Copy 2$cMeasures 18 cm. Imperfect: title page, table of contents wanting. Formerly part of the Force Collection.
100 1 $aLescarbot, Marc.
240 10 $aHistoire de la Nouvelle-France.$kSelections.$lEnglish
245 10 $aNoua Francia, or, The description of that part of Neuu France, which is one continent with Virginia :$bdescribed in the three late voyages and plantation made by Monsieur de Monts, Monsieur du Pont-Graué and Monsieur de Poutriucourt [sic], into the countries called by the French-men La Cadie, lying to the southwest of Cape Breton : together with an excellent seuerall treatie of all the commodities of the said countries, and maners of the naturall inhabitants of the same /$ctranslated out of French into English by P.E.
246 3 $aNova Francia, or, The description of that part of New France, which is one continent with Virginia
246 30 $aNoua Francia
246 30 $aDescription of that part of Neuu France, which is one continent with Virginia
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted for Andrew Hebb, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bell in Pauls church-yard$c[between 1625 and 1648]
300 $a[14], 307, [1] p. ;$c20 cm. (4to)
500 $aThough Lescarbot's name is nowhere mentioned, this is a translation into English from his Histoire de La Nouvelle France, (1st ed. 1609) by Pierre Erondelle, at the request of Richard Hakluyt. It covers only the part relating to the voyages and settlements of de Monts, Pontgravé and Poutrincourt, with the book on the Indians (Books IV and VI of the later eds. of Histoire de la Nouvelle France).
500 $aApparently published between 1625 and 1640, during which time Andrew Hebb was publishing in London. cf. Arber, Transcript of the Stationers' reg., 1554-1640, v. 4, p. 30; v. 5, p. 241. STC (2nd ed.) gives the imprint date only as "after 1625".
500 $aThis issue has the dedication and "To the reader ..." cancelled; the t.p. is also a cancel.
500 $aSignatures: pi1 2[par.]3,4 3[par.]⁴ A-2P⁴ 2Q².
510 4 $aSTC (2nd ed.)$c15492
651 0 $aNew France$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aAcadia$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zNova Scotia$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aErondelle, Pierre,$dactive 1586-1609.
700 1 $aHebb, Andrew,$d-1648,$ebookseller.
700 1 $aForce, Peter,$d1790-1868,$eformer owner.$5DLC
710 2 $aEnglish Printing Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
752 $aEngland$dLondon