W. Bartram | Travels through North and South Carolina. London, 1792

William Bartram

Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida. London: J. Johnson, 1792.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 8vo (212 x 126 mm.), folding engraved map, 8 engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, worming at lower margin from start of text block to a3 (not affecting text), spotting and dampstaining

PROVENANCE:

"E. Libris — Cowper. | Sanct: Johan: Coll. | Cantab" (presumably George Augustus Nassau Clavering Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper, who attended St John's College Cambridge, graduating with an MA in 1795), inscription to front free endpaper; Panshanger, Hertfordshire, seat of Earls Cowper, engraved bookplate

LITERATURE:

Howes B223; Sabin 3870