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Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, ou l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie
by Butel-Dumont, Georges Marie
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- first
- Condition
- Period full brown calf, morocco label, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fine
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About This Item
London: et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. First edition, second Issue (no errata on p. xxiv). xxiv, 336 pp. 1 vols. Period full brown calf, morocco label, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fine. First edition, second Issue (no errata on p. xxiv). xxiv, 336 pp. 1 vols. "This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies" (Echeverria & Wilkie). Howes B 1049; Sabin 9602; Bell B335;J CB Vol. I 1042; Lande 74; Brunet II 101; Kress 5421; Higgs, 1030; INED, 884; Goldsmiths, 9028 ; Conlon 55:545; JFBL B635; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19
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- Title
- Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, ou l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie
- Author
- Butel-Dumont, Georges Marie
- Format/Binding
- Xxiv, 336 pp. 1 vols
- Book Condition
- Used - Period full brown calf, morocco label, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second Issue (no errata on p. xxiv)
- Publisher
- et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1755
- Keywords
- Americana | Economics | Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Social Thought; History, Travel & Geography;
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