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Lot 260
VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN-FRANCOIS CHASSEBOEUF, comte de Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Suivi d'eclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur las colonie francaise au Scioto, sur quelques colonies canadiennes, et sur les sauvages.
Paris: Courcier & Dentu, AN XII--1803. First edition, first issue, with the terminal gathering "Vocabulaire de la langue des Miamis," paginated continuously with the text. Two volumes. Modern three-quarters red morocco gilt, an uncut copy. 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21 x 14 cm); with both half titles, with two folding maps and two folding plates (omitted in later issue), [4], 2, [2], xvi, 300; [4], [301]-532 pp., uncut. Faint stain to margins of prelims, light spotting, a fine set.
An extensive description of the topography, climate, and other aspects of the United States. Volney travelled to the French colony of Gallepolis in the Ohio Country, lured there by the fraudulent Scotio Land Company. Gallepolis is indicated on the folding map. Also includes Volney's "Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis." Fine, uncut copies such as this are rare. Philling, Algonquian pp.518--519; Howes V141; Servies 776; Clark, Old South 2:69; Buck, Illinois 49; Thomson, Ohio 1170 note; Hubach p.35; Monaghan 1472; Sabin 100692
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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