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Coxe, Daniel
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- A Description of the English Province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French Louisiane. Also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Missippi. London: Oliver Payne, 1741
- paper, ink, leather
8vo (7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.; 192 x 118 mm). Large folding map; closed tear and old repaired tear with slight loss in the Gulf of St. Laurence region, very light dampstain in upper margin of a few leaves. Panelled calf to style.
Provenance
Newburgh Hamilton (bookplate)
Literature
Alden & Landis 6:287; JCB 679; Sabin 17281; Church 886
Catalogue Note
"Bold assertion of the rights of England to the entire gulf region . . . which had been granted to the author's father, with a description based on a residence there" (Howes).
Coxe's work first appeared in 1722: "[it] must have had considerable success, as it was reprinted in 1726, 1727, and again, with additions, in 1741 [this edition]" (Church).