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STORK, WILLIAM and JOHN BARTRAM. An Account of East-Florida, with a Journal, kept by John Bartram of Philadelphia... upon A Journey from St. Augustine up the River St. John's. London: Sold by W. Nicoll [1766].
2 parts bound in 2 vols., 8vo, 195 x 120mm. (7 5/8 x 4 5/8in.), half olive-green morocco gilt, t.e.g., by M. Wood, extremities rubbed, spine faded, light foxing throughout.
FIRST EDITION OF BARTRAM'S JOURNAL, Stork's Account a reissue with a new title-page of the sheets of the first edition, published six months earlier; without fols. A1 and N2 in vol. 1 and K4 in vol. 2, all presumably blank (also lacking in Streeter copy).
Howes S1042; Sabin 92221; Streeter sale II:1183.
John Bartram, the first American-born botanist, recorded in his Journal observations taken during a 400-mile trip with his son from St. Augustine up and down the St. John's River, of indigenous plants, animals, climate, soil, etc. "Nothing missed Bartram's eye--tree, flower, fruit, bird, fish, or mineral, and as he went he prepared a map of the river's course and depths, shoals, and currents" (DAB). His detailed descriptions "complement Stork's promotional account, and both are among the most important sources for the history of East Florida" (Streeter sale). RARE: the Streeter copy was the last to appear at auction, according to ABPC.
Provenance:
Colonel John Eliot Thayer (1862-1933), bookplate
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (2)
2 parts bound in 2 vols., 8vo, 195 x 120mm. (7 5/8 x 4 5/8in.), half olive-green morocco gilt, t.e.g., by M. Wood, extremities rubbed, spine faded, light foxing throughout.
FIRST EDITION OF BARTRAM'S JOURNAL, Stork's Account a reissue with a new title-page of the sheets of the first edition, published six months earlier; without fols. A1 and N2 in vol. 1 and K4 in vol. 2, all presumably blank (also lacking in Streeter copy).
Howes S1042; Sabin 92221; Streeter sale II:1183.
John Bartram, the first American-born botanist, recorded in his Journal observations taken during a 400-mile trip with his son from St. Augustine up and down the St. John's River, of indigenous plants, animals, climate, soil, etc. "Nothing missed Bartram's eye--tree, flower, fruit, bird, fish, or mineral, and as he went he prepared a map of the river's course and depths, shoals, and currents" (DAB). His detailed descriptions "complement Stork's promotional account, and both are among the most important sources for the history of East Florida" (Streeter sale). RARE: the Streeter copy was the last to appear at auction, according to ABPC.
Provenance:
Colonel John Eliot Thayer (1862-1933), bookplate
Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955)
Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). (2)