Volney, C.F. [Constantin Francois]
A View of the Soil and Climate of the United States of America. With Supplementary Remarks Upon Florida; on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the Aboriginal Tribes of America. Translated, with Occasional Remarks, by C.B. Brown. With Maps and Plates
Philadelphia, J. Conrad & Co. 1804. Hardcover. Released Harvard College Library" stamped on half-title page. Blind stamped private ownership embossments on front and rear blanks. Two folding maps and two other folding plates, all in good condition, with no tears but some foxing and a small piece of the margin of one of the maps missing. Although the book has been rebound (brown morocco over marbled boards), the edges have not been trimmed, with the result that the margins are ample. 466p. Maps and folding plates. Includes a chapter on the Indians of North America, and another on the vocabulary of the Miami [Indian] language. .
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