[Rarebooks] FS: 1768 History of Pennsylvania and the Quakers with a Fine Map

[Charles Agvent]

[ROUSSELOT de SURGY, Jacques Philibert]. 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. 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. (#021259)        $1,100

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