1798 MONTHLY MAGAZINE TRAVELING IN NEW YORK CITY NJ PA MISSOURI TRIBES ~ Binding

Description: The Monthly MagazineNew York & VicinityTravels&c.1798 Original 1798 volume, months February - August (no main title page) in a most handsome fresh binding, leather spine over marbled boards, quite lovely all around. Curious contents lovely too though some bits are shockingly vile...we have John Thomas Evans and his travels in the US, Missouri River, Indian tribes (Evans made a map and both his words and the map were to prove valuable to Meriwether Lewis & William Clark of Lewis & Clark fame); long descriptions of travels and observations in New York and vicinity, goes on for many pages, all interesting until author starts to speak about "Negro Servants" in an extraordinarily racist manner; Hudson River, Raritan River, Delaware, Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Princeton, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Flatbush, Staten Island, Trenton, Hudson, Albany; Walpoliana!; Journey from New York to Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Quakers; some Judaica - much on Moses Mendelssohn; Use of Oil as a Cure for the Plague; George Washington pops up; & more. Pages clean if a bit worn and some too-close trimming on sections. One large fold-out engraving of pipes/water flow (only engraving in volume) has split in two. Curious and quite rare volume. ******We ship swiftly and with safety in mind.Thank you.

Price: 475 USD

Location: Jamaica, Vermont

End Time: 2024-10-08T20:58:19.000Z

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

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Binding: Fine Binding

Place of Publication: London

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, First Edition

Topic: Americana, American History, History, Travels, Indian Tribes

Modified Item: No

Subject: History, Travels

Year Printed: 1798

Original/Facsimile: Original