Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois

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Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners . Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

34ClarkBlackRobes

Title

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois

Author

Charles Upson Clark

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good

Jacket Condition

No DJ Included

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition Thus

Publisher

Columbia University

Place of Publication

NY

Date Published

1934

Pages

374

Size

5 3/4 X 8

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

Charles Upson Clark, Translation, Translator, Philology, Neolithic Peoples, Trapping, Hunting, Commerce, Genocide, Conquest, Tribes, Religion, Jesuit, Black Robes, 17th Century, 18th Century

Bookseller catalogs

Biography; Religion; Canadiana; Nonfiction; Memoirs; History of France; Travel and Exploration; 20th Century Literature; Action & Adventure;

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