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HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET POLITIQUE DE LA PENSYLVANIE, ET DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DES QUAKERS DANS CETTE CONTRÉE
by [ROUSSELOT de SURGY, Jacques Philibert]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contents clean; minor wear to joints. Near Fine
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About This Item
Paris: Ganeau (de l'imprimerie d'Houry), 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean; minor wear to joints. Near Fine. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021259
- Title
- HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET POLITIQUE DE LA PENSYLVANIE, ET DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DES QUAKERS DANS CETTE CONTRÉE
- Author
- [ROUSSELOT de SURGY, Jacques Philibert]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contents clean; minor wear to joints. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ganeau (de l'imprimerie d'Houry)
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1768
- Keywords
- Americana, Amercian History, Pennsylvania, Quakers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Pennsylvania; Quakers;
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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