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KALM, PETER. Travels into North America; containing its Natural History, and A circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general...Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster. Warrington [vols. 2-3: London] 1770-71. 3 vols., 8vo, blind-panelled tan calf antique, spines gilt, morocco lettering-pieces, g.e., by Bayntun, map with neatly repaired three-inch tear. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, one-page publisher's "advertisement" (note to the reader) at end of vol. 1, 8-page List of Subscribers in vol. 3, large folding engraved map and 6 engraved plates of birds and animals.
"One of the most important and reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization and political situation" (Streeter sale II, 823). "...These volumes contain the most trustworthy description of Swedish settlements in...Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The voyage was undertaken at the instigation of Linnaeus, for the purpose of discovering whether any North American plants could be successfully introduced into Sweden"--Lande 482; Howes K5; Sabin 36989. (3)
"One of the most important and reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization and political situation" (Streeter sale II, 823). "...These volumes contain the most trustworthy description of Swedish settlements in...Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The voyage was undertaken at the instigation of Linnaeus, for the purpose of discovering whether any North American plants could be successfully introduced into Sweden"--Lande 482; Howes K5; Sabin 36989. (3)
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