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Lot 150
DARBY, WILLIAM Memoir on the Geography, and Natural and Civil History of Florida, Attended by a Map of That Country, Connected With the Adjacent Places and an Appendix, Containing the Treaty of Cession, and Other Papers Relative to the Subject.
Philadelphia: T. H. Palmer, 1821. First edition, a presentation copy from the author. Disbound from a pamphlet volume. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (21 x 13 cm); retains the folding map of Florida, lacks the syllabus and advertisement leaves (8 pp.) at the rear. Several tears to the section of the map from the tab, this section(only) laid to linen, a few minor stains to map, a few tiny tears to the extreme margin of the first few leaves, disbound as noted.
Intended as a promotional work for the newly-acquired territory, the text includes notes on the cultivation of coffee and cocoa. The Adams-Onis treaty is appended at the rear. The detailed folding map of Florida is one of the best available at that period. It includes insets showing Pensacola, Mobile Bay, and Espiritu Santo Bay; the map was engraved by Benjamin Tanner. The map also shows portions of Southern Georgia and Alabama.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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