The Codex Canadensis and The Writings of Louis Nicolas: The Natural History of the New World
Tulsa, OK and Montreal & Kingston: Gilcrease Museum & McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Near Fine / Fine. Item #006293
Full brown paper. xvi, 555 pp. Spot of wear to spine foot, a few scuffs to bards. Crack to upper hinge at title page. Dust jacket in fine condition in Brodart cover. Part art, part science, part anthropology, this ambitious project presents an early Canadian perspective on natural history that is as much artistic and fantastical as it is encyclopedic.
Price: $180.00
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