Geschichte des Herrn C. Le Beau, Advocat im Parlament, Oder, Merckwürdige und neue Reise zu denen Wilden des nordlichen Theils von America. :
Worinnen man eine Beschreibung von Canada, nebst einem gantz besondern Bericht von denen alten Gebräuchen, Sitten und Lebens-Arten dererjenigen Wilden, die darinnen wohnen, antrifft, und wie sie sich zu unsern Zeiten aufführen. /
Aus dem Frantzösischen übersetzt von Wilhelm Ernst Burckhard Roslern, privilegirten frantzösischen Sprachmeister auf der Hochfürstl. Sächs. gesamten Universität Jena. Erster [-Anderer] Theil. ...
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German
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Erfurt : Druckts und verlegts Joh. David Jungnicol., 1752.
- Summary
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Lebeau does not lack talent as a writer, and his book is pleasant reading; but its originality is slight, for he borrows generously from his predecessors. The Journal de Trévoux published a severe review, calling the work a novel; it does however concede that the author deserves credit for painting an exact picture of the customs and character of the Canadians, although his geographical knowledge is poor. The best chapters are those that discuss the habits of beaver and the religious ideas of the Indians. Taken all round, the work is more indicative of the author's imagination than of a scientific spirit, which is in any event seldom found in travel accounts of this period (EtienneTaillemite)--Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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v.1: [5], 8-319, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates (4 folded) : 4 illustrations (3 folded), 1 folded map; v.2: [5], 8-363, [5] pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations.
Signatures: v.1: A-U⁸ (A1 verso, A8 recto, U8 verso blank); v.2: A-Z⁸ (A1 verso blank). Leaf A8 in v.1 folded backwards, resulting in being the first leaf of the gathering and serving as frontispiece.
Title page of v.2 reads: Geschichte des Herrn C. Le Beau, Parlaments-Advocaten, oder, Merckwürdige und neue Reise, zu denen Wilden ... Aus dem Frantzösischen übersetzt von Wilhelm Ernst Burckhard Roslern, Hochfürstl. Sächsisch-privilegirten Sprachmeister auf der Universität Jena.
For a different translation, by Johann Bernhard Nack, see: Des Hrn. Claudii Le Beau ... Neue Reise unter die Wilden in Nord-America. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1752.
Translation, by Wilhelm Ernst Burckhard Rosler, of: Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau ..., ou, Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les sauvages de l'Amérique septentrionale. Amsterdam, 1738.
Tiltle page in red and black.
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2 volumes :
illustrations, map ;
18 cm (8vo)
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