[Rarebooks] FS: A Landmark of Southern Natural History and Exploration, 1791

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BARTRAM, William. TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST 
& WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE 
MUSCOGULGES, OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS; 
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOIL AND NATURAL PRODUCTIONS OF THOSE 
REGIONS, TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS OF THE INDIANS. 
Philadelphia: James & Johnson, 1791. First Edition. Contemporary calf 
with early rebacking and gilt-lettered black morocco spine label; [2], 
[iii]-xxxiv, 522 pages. Illustrated with an engraved folding map of the 
East Coast of Florida and seven engraved plates of natural history 
specimens (one folding). This copy lacks the engraved frontispiece 
portrait of "Mico Chulcco the Long Warrior." CLARK I:197: "His account 
is essentially factual, with occasional reflections on the wonders of 
nature and the manifestations of the Supreme Being through nature"; 
EVANS 23159; FIELD 94: "Bartram wrote with all the enthusiasm and 
interest with which the fervent old Spanish friars and missionaries.... 
Although more especially a naturalist, he sketches the striking 
peculiarities of the tribes he visited, and gives us tables of the names 
and localities of the numerous towns"; HOWES B223, "b"; SABIN 3870: 
"Unequaled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, 
scenery, and productions"; STREETER SALE 1088: "The classic of southern 
natural history and exploration, with much on the southern Indian 
tribes. Bartram's account of the remote frontier, of the plantations, 
trading posts, and Indian villages at the end of the eighteenth century 
is unrivaled"; VAIL 849. Moderate foxing throughout, occasionally heavy. 
Map with some wrinkles and wear along top edge with slight loss as with 
the folding plate of the Hydrangea Quercifolia. Very Good example of 
this scarce and important title, a landmark of southern natural history 
and exploration.

William Bartram traveled several thousand miles throughout the American 
Southeast in 1773, discovering over 200 new botanical specimens, 
including the Venus Fly Trap, and recording some of the earliest 
observations of the customs of the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes. His 
journey of exploration covered virtually the entire lower South, going 
as far as Baton Rouge. 		$6,000.00

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