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Lot 164
[FIELDING, JOHN] The Polite Traveller; being a modern view of the thirteen United States of America... with a general survey of the independent state of Vermont and of East and West Florida...
London: John Fielding, [1783]. First edition. Later red morocco leather, gilt ruled and titled, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (13.8 x 8.2 cm); [7], 10-144 pp., engraved folding map. Light wear to spine ends, joints and corners, very slight bow to boards, folding map with short marginal tears at folds and a vertical crease, contents faintly toned throughout with very rare pale spots, old pencil inscription stating "From the Private Library of A.S.W. Rosenbach" signed J[ohn] F[leming].
An early travel guide to the newly formed United States of America, containing a wealth of information about each states' history, climate, geology, economy and inhabitants. There are also chapters on the territory of Vermont, Spanish East and West Florida, Canada, and the British West Indies. The folding map, with portrait vignettes of Washington and Franklin, is among the earliest English maps to name the United States. Howes, 435a.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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