AMERICA -- (BUTEL DUMONT, G.M.). Histoire et Commerce des Colonies Angloises, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline, & de la Géorgie. Lond., 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. Sm-8°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, red label, & red edges. (Top of spine slightly chipped, upper part h.-title cut out, small stamps on title-p., but a very good copy).
First edition, published simultaneously at Paris and London. George Marie Butel Dumont, French jurisconsult and publicist, was i.a. secretary to the French embassy in Russia. He wrote several books on the history and commerce of English colonies in North America. - Sabin 9602; Kress 5421; Higgs 1030.€ 180
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