second edition, 12mo, frontis., [18], 236, [8 (1blank)] pp., contemporary calf, flat spine gilt extra and with later manuscript paper label; binding somewhat pitted and worn, leather shipped at extremities, front joint cracked though holding. Front free endpaper and first few leaves starting to separate, from upper margin faint but visible waterstaining to these leaves, front free endpaper with early inked doodles, pages toned, some spotting. Else a decent used copy of an important and uncommon work.

Second edition, following the first of 1708, of this account of a voyage to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick undertaken in 1699 by a physician about whom little is definitely known. Diereville had originally composed the entire work in verse but was dissuaded by friends from publishing such a curiosity, with the final result being a mix of prose and poetry describing the architecture and customs of the Native Americans, their medical remedies and use of tobacco, and Acadians encountered by the author during his travels, as well as the local flora and fauna, and cuisine. The work is considered to be the "first important work in the gastronomical literature of Canada." (DCB). According to the Nouvelle Biographie Generale: "Il rapporta de l'Amerique septentrionale plusieurs plantes nouvelles, enter autres un arbrisseau a belles flurs jaunes, que Tournefort a nomme Dierevilla, que Linne a classe dans le genre Lonicera, et que De Jussieu a retabli come genre."

The supplementary leaves at the end contain an account of the unsuccessful attack by the New Englanders in 1707 on Port Royal, and the previous surprise and massacre of the English by the Indians.

Sabin 20128; European Americana 710/35; Field 428; Echeverria & Wilkie, French Image, 710/1; JCB III:137. Scarce six copies in U. S. libraries one of which, the present copy, has been deacessioned.