HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET POLITIQUE DE LA PENSYLVANIE, ET DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DES QUAKERS DANS CETTE CONTRÉE
Paris: Ganeau (de l'imprimerie d'Houry), 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-3/4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary full calf with a gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and leather spine label, marbled endpapers and edges; xx, 372, [4], pages. Complete with half-title page and folding map of eastern Pennsylvania including portions of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. Translated from the German, this work is based on that of the botanist Peter Kalm for the natural history and on the journey of Gottlieb Mittelberger for the part devoted to the Quakers. Several other works, in French and English, are mentioned as supplying information in the introduction. HOWES R-471; SABIN 73490. Contents clean; minor wear to joints. Near Fine. Item #021259
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