Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Suivi d'eclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie Française au Scioto, sur quelques colonies Canadiennes, et sur les Sauvages

Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de

Published by Courcier and Dentu, Paris, 1803

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First edition. One folding plate, one full-page folding map plate, two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300, [4]; [301]-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8 x 5 inches). "Volney was an educated Frenchman of some distinction and merit . . . When he came to America, he was an experienced traveler, and anticlericalist, and an opponent of the philosophy of Rousseau. His departure from his native land was no doubt determined upon when the government he hoped to serve threw him in prison. . . [This] work is not a narrative of travel. The author described in some detail the geography of the United States, noting topography, soil, climate, winds, and diseases" (Clark). The plates herein are sophisticated and are as follows: Plate I shows the composition of the earth in the areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and at Louisville, Ohio; Plate III contains two views of the St. Lawrence River, one showing the river stretching eastward from Lake Ontario, the other showing a waterfall (Niagara Falls); Plate II is a map of North America; and Plate IV is a large map (measuring 25-1/4 x 18-1/4 inches) of the United States East of the Mississippi by L Collin. Howes V141; Sabin 100692 ; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49; Servier 776 Contemporary quarter calf. Rebacked preserving spine, new endsheets. Very good One folding plate, one full-page folding map plate, two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300, [4]; [301]-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8 x 5 inches). Seller Inventory # 264642

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Title: Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis ...

Publisher: Courcier and Dentu, Paris

Publication Date: 1803

Edition: First edition.