The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which are dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and are the Barrier between the English and French in that Part of the World.
London: John Whiston, Lockyer Davis, John Ward, 1750. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #50045
Second edition. 8vo. Pp. xvi, [iv], 90, iv, 91-283, [1]. Half brown calf over marbled boards. The spine faded to a light tan, with several scuffs and scratches; corners rubbed and worn. Folding map in excellent condition. Text clean, bright, and complete throughout. The scarce First English edition, printed in 1747, and a greatly expanded edition of The First History of the Iroquois Confederation (Howes C-560), was first published in New York in 1727. This Second Edition is pretty much unchanged from the first and collates the same. Colden's work provides one of the earliest and most important English-language accounts of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, documenting its formation, political organization, system of governance, diplomacy, and social customs. It offers a remarkable early account of the Confederacy's political and diplomatic influence in North America, while also reflecting the colonial perspective of its author. An important foundational work for the study of Indigenous history and early colonial relations in North America. Howes C-560; Sabin 14273.
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