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Auction archive: Lot number 312

Bartram (William). Travels through North and South Carolina, 1793

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$761 - US$1,014
Price realised:
£1,350
ca. US$1,712
Auction archive: Lot number 312

Bartram (William). Travels through North and South Carolina, 1793

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$761 - US$1,014
Price realised:
£1,350
ca. US$1,712
Beschreibung:

Bartram (William). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscoculges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, 1st Dublin edition, for J. Moore [and others], 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of East Florida, 7 engraved plates (one folding), occasional minor offsetting and spotting, contemporary previous owner signature of Marcus Gage to title, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1) ESTC T121441; Howes B223; Sabin 3870. First published in Philadelphia in 1791 and London in 1792, the work records the author's extensive travels in the territories of the Creek, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, as far west as the Mississippi River. The author had great interest in the customs and manners of the Indian tribes, fur traders and forest life. 'A work of high character well meriting its wide esteem' (Howes).

Auction archive: Lot number 312
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Bartram (William). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscoculges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, 1st Dublin edition, for J. Moore [and others], 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of East Florida, 7 engraved plates (one folding), occasional minor offsetting and spotting, contemporary previous owner signature of Marcus Gage to title, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1) ESTC T121441; Howes B223; Sabin 3870. First published in Philadelphia in 1791 and London in 1792, the work records the author's extensive travels in the territories of the Creek, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, as far west as the Mississippi River. The author had great interest in the customs and manners of the Indian tribes, fur traders and forest life. 'A work of high character well meriting its wide esteem' (Howes).

Auction archive: Lot number 312
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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