Histoire de la Nouvelle-York, depuis la découverte de cette province jusqu'a notre siécle ... traduite de l'Anglois par M arc-Antoine E idous

by William Smith

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Londres: 1767. First French edition of the first history of New York, 12mo, pp. 4 , vii -xvi, 415, 1 ; full contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco label; upper joint cracked, but holding, spine chipped level with text block; all else generally very good. The imprint is false and the book was likely printed in Paris. The author was graduated from Yale College in 1745, became a distinguished lawyer of New York, and later was chief justice of the province. Being a Loyalist during the

• Binding: Leather

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