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The First Print of Niagara Falls
by Louis Hennepin

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Hennepin Niagara Falls Variants

Plate 1; State 1:
Appeared in these editions:

  • Utrecht: Guillaume Broedelet, 1697
  • Amsterdam: Abraham van Someren, 1698.
  • Amsterdam: Andries van Damme, 1702.

 Points:

  • UR: "Pag: 44."
  • Has seven people in both groups of onlookers in the lower right of the image
  • The Griffin appears in the river near Lake Erie
  • Small burin slip-marks just above Goat Island

Plate 1; State 2:
Appeared in these editions:

  • Amsterdam: Adrian Braakman, 1704.
  • Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1711.
  • Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes, 1712.

 Points:

  • Re-engraving of much of plate
  • Crosshatching on the cliff at left
  • Small burin slip-mark in foreground, to right of small plant

Plate 1; State 3: Penney #2
Appeared in these editions:

  • Amsterdam: Abraham van Someren, 1699.
  • Leyden: Pieter vander Aa, 1704. Cf. [2]
  • Rotterdam: Barent Bos, 1704.

 Points:

  • UR: "Pag.19"; replaces "Pag: 44."
  • All else like Plate 1; State 2.

Plate 2; State 1:
Appeared in these editions:

Bremen: Philip Gottfr. Saurman, 1699.

Points:

  • UL: "pag. 33."
  • In lower right, 5 people in bottom group of onlookers and 7 in top group
  • The Griffin does not appear
  • One long and two short burin slip-marks in middle of the Horseshoe Falls.

Plate 2; State 2:
Appeared in these editions:

Bremen: Nathanael Saurmann, 1742.

 Points:

  • No page number; all else the same.

Plate 3; State 1:
Appeared in these editions:

London: M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698. The "Bon-" edition.

 Points:

  • LL: "Pag. 29."
  • 6 people in both groups of onlookers in lower right.
  • The Griffin appears, but differently engraved.

Plate 3; State 2: Penney #1
Appeared in these editions:

London: M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698. The "Tonson" edition. Cf. [1]

Points:

  • LL: "Pag. 24 Part ye 1st;" all else the same.


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