Ker, John:

$4,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN KER, OF KERSLAND IN NORTH BRITAIN ESQ; CONTAINING HIS SECRET TRANSACTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS IN SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, THE COURTS OF VIENNA, HANOVER, AND OTHER FOREIGN PARTS. WITH AN ... An important work about the French possessions in America, with much about the commercial history of the region. The book details the rise and progress of the Ostend Company and the French in Louisiana. The handsome engraved folding map depicts the eastern half of the present-day United States and is entitled "A New Map of Louisiana and the River Mississippi." "Volume II contains curious details respecting Louisiana and the French Dominions in America. For publishing this work Curll was pilloried" - Sabin. The third part contains a second titlepage for the final section, Remarks on the Government of Several Parts of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Hamburgh, Lubeck, and Hansiatick-Towns.... This work was published by the infamous Curll, although he did not allow his name to appear on the imprint. In this particular set, however, the second volume contains a sixteen-page catalogue of books published by him. Ker and Curll met in prison (Ker was incarcerated for debt, Curll for obscene publication).

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