Lot 213
  • 213

KALM, TRAVELS INTO NORTH AMERICA, 1770-1771, 3 VOLUMES

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Travels into North America; Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general. Warrington: William Eyres (volume 1) [and] London: printed for the editor (volume 2 and 3), 1770-1771
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY (see provenance), 3 volumes, 8vo (204 x 120mm.), 6 engraved plates, large folding map, 8-page list of subscribers in volume 1, contemporary speckled calf gilt, small tear to map, scattered spotting, rubbed

Provenance

Presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "To the right Honourable Lord Sandys from the Author of the Translation [John Reinhold Forster]"

Literature

ESTC T123563; Sabin 36989

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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