Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939 The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 4, Q-Z

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Lot 1229
  • 1229

Stork, William, and John Bartram

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Description

  • A Description of East-Florida, with a Journal, kept by John Bartram... upon a Journey from St. Augustine up the River St. John's, as far as the Lakes... the third edition, much enlarged and improved. London: sold by W. Nicoll and T. Jefferies, 1769
  • paper
Third edition, 4to (270 x 206mm.), [iv], viii, 40, [ii], xii, 36pp., 3 folding engraved maps, mottled calf, full gilt spine, red label, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, somewhat spotted and offset

Literature

Clark, Travels in the Old South, 195 (note); Howes S1042; Sabin 92222

Catalogue Note

This is the first edition to contain maps, described on the title as "much enlarged and improved", and is considered the best edition of this work.