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[AMERICANA] - BARTRAM (Williams)
Paris, Cartaret and Brosson…
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[AMERICANA] - BARTRAM (Williams)
Paris, Cartaret and Brosson…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
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[AMERICANA] - BARTRAM (Williams)
Paris, Cartaret and Brosson; Maradan, (1799-1801)...
Voyage to the southern parts of North America.
2 vol. in-8 (19,7 × 12 cm), shagreened calf, gilt border, smooth ornamented spine, red titles and greefs (contemporary binding).
The first French edition of this travel report focuses on botany and the study of wild nations. Bartram, an American botanist, is regarded today as one of the first "naturalists" to describe nature with emotion. His work had a definite influence on the American transcendentalist writers Emerson and Thoreau. The original was published in Philadelphia in 1791.
It is illustrated with a frontispiece depicting Mico Chlucco, chief of the Siminole Indians, a map and 3 fold-out plates.
Restorations to the binding.
ATTACHED
- ANBUREY (Thomas). Journal d'un voyage fais dans l'Amérique septentrionale. Paris, La Villette, 1793. 2 vol. in-8 (19 × 12 cm), fawn half-basin with small vellum corners, ornate smooth spines, brown titles and green tomaison (contemporary binding).
Second French translation by F.-J.-M. Noël (after Le Bas). The original was published in London in 1789.
It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces, a fold-out map and a plan.
Some spotting and staining; spotting on the map; volume II, book D, margins of some leaves cut.
- CARVER (Jonathan). Voyage dans les parties intérieures de l'Amérique septentrionale pendant les années 1766, 1767 & 1768. Paris, Pissot, 1784. In-8 (19,8 × 12,5 cm), fawn half calf with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, number V. D. (?) crowned on the spine, red title page, marbled edges (contemporary binding).
First French edition, based on the third English edition of 1781. It is illustrated with a folding map of the Great Lakes region and part of the Midwest (with the Mississippi and the names of the Indian tribes). Chapter XVII deals with Indian languages and writing. Handwritten monogram on the masthead and title.
Bibliography
1. Sabin, no. 3871.
2. Sabin, no. 1369.
3. Sabin, n° 11188. Leclerc, no. 837.
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