William Bartram / TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA EAST 1st 1793

Description: TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS Author: Bartram, William Title: TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS Publication: Dublin: J. Moore, W. Jones, R. McAllister, and J. Rice, 1793 Edition: First Irish Edition Description: Octavo, xxiv, 520 pages, [12] index. In Good minus condition. Bound in half contemporary leather, marbled paper boards. Front board with a mid-20th century rebacking, new front free endpaper. Rear board detached but present. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Japanese tissue repair to fore-edge of leaves X and X2. With frontispiece plus six plates. Lacking folding map of East Florida and plate #6. Page 444, line 16 censored, with ink covering "entirely naked, except a breech-clout" Shelved case 1. NOTES ESTC T121441. Sabin 3870. Howes B 223. Pilling 303. Reese, Federal Hundred 33. This edition follows the Philadelphia 1791 first edition and the first English edition of 1792. "Extensive travels, in the early years of the Republic, through the southern frontiers and among the Creeks and Cherokees. A work of high character well meriting its wide esteem" - Howes. "Unequalled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, scenery, and productions. It is written in the spirit of the old travellers" - Sabin. Seller ID: 1376538 Subject: Dupont Circle, Indigenous Americans, Sciences, Math, Medicine, & Natural History, Travel, Exploration, & Geography, US History Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! We specialize in out-of-print, used and rare books in all subjects, in addition to art, ephemera, collectibles and more. Any questions or comments are welcome.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 1500 USD

Location: Rockville, Maryland

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