Description: See Photos. Comes from an immaculately clean nonsmoking home. Boards and spine have a fantastic patina. Binding is solid. No loose pages. No writing inside other than previous owner names in front. Pages are tan with some foxing. Very readable. Approx 7" x 4". Written by himself. An account of his travels through France, Italy, the East and West Indies, and part of the United States: his imprisonment in France, Germany, and Spain; and the latitude, soil, climate, productions, manners and customs of the different countries. Trenton: Nearly opposite the Bank. Seller Lot #23029. Remarkable picaresque history, with many travels through the South between 1800 and 1808. Born in Germany in 1781, Oehler claimed he arrived in Baltimore in 1800 as a bound tailor; escaped to become a dancing master in Alexandria and then a fencing master in Port Tobacco, Maryland; then went to Santo Domingo, where he says he served with Toussaint; Egypt; China; Charleston, South Carolina, in 1802; then Columbia, Augusta, and Nashville. In 1805 and 1806 he experimented with ballooning in Nashville and Natchez (an ad in a Natchez newspaper for 1806 corroborates this part of the sometimes incredible tale). In New Orleans he claims to have learned "Legerdemain," by which he paid his debts, but which got him thrown in jail in Mexico. He gives a long account of his sojourn, in and out of jail, in Mexico. Returning to the U.S., he made two trading expeditions to the west of the Mississippi, one to Natchitoches in 1807. He returned overland to Georgia in 1808, and later settled in New Jersey. Listed shipping costs are for the lower 48 (USA) states. For the Eastern US, there is a strong possibility that you will get it with 2 or 3 day shipping. We ship internationally and encourage buyers to use the eBay Global Shipping Program. If there is a difference between the item description and the photos, use the photos to resolve. Pictures are of the exact item(s) you will receive. Should you be moved to give positive feedback, expect thoughtful and kind positive feedback in return. Thanks for looking at our listing! Check out other vintage/antique items we have at http://stores.ebay.com/Suburbia-Harvest?_rdc=1.
Price: 1779.79 USD
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-08T03:30:42.000Z
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Binding: Leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Andrew Oehler
Publisher: Fenton
Topic: Adventure
Original/Facsimile: Original
