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JEFFERYS, THOMAS. The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America. London: T. Jefferys 1760. 2 parts in one, folio, 354 x 230mm. (13 7/8 x 9in.), brown library buckram by Wood & Sloane, inkstamp on title, p. 51 and at end, 6 maps with tears, one of them ("A New Map of Nova Scotia") repaired with transparent tape, most maps offset on themselves, some spotting particularly at front, and at end. Titles printed in red and black, with the 7 leaves Ll*-Nn* concerning the seige of Quebec and the paste-down slip on p. 80 of part 2 containing 22 parish names, 18 folding engraved maps and plans. Howes J83; Lande 471; Sabin 35964; Streeter sale 128 ("A monumental geographical work important equally for its text as well as its maps").
Provenance: Athenaeum Library, Liverpool, U.K., Library stamps.
Provenance: Athenaeum Library, Liverpool, U.K., Library stamps.