Heckewelder (Johann): Nachricht von der Geschichte den Sitten und Gebraeuchen der Indianischen Voelkerschaften, Goettingen, 1821, 8vo, first edition in book form and first edition in German (some spotting), later half cloth [Sabin 31208] -- [Schroeter (Johann F.)]: Allgemeine Geschichte der Laender und Voelker von Amerika, Halle, Jacob Gebauer, 1752, 2 vols., 4to, engraved frontispiece, 65 engraved plates and maps only (of 67) (some soiling of margins), contemporary calf (spines worn) [Sabin 77989; Howes S200] -- St. John Crèvecoeur (J. Hektor): Sittliche Schilderungen von Amerika, Liegnitz and Leipzig, bey David Siegert, 1784, 8vo, first edition in German, two folding engraved maps (the maps browned), contemporary boards. [Sabin 17500; Howes C883: 'As literature unexcelled by any American work of the 18th century'] (4)

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Heckewelder (Johann): Nachricht von der Geschichte den Sitten und Gebraeuchen der Indianischen Voelkerschaften, Goettingen, 1821, 8vo, first edition in book form and first edition in German (some spotting), later half cloth [Sabin 31208] -- [Schroeter (Johann F.)]: Allgemeine Geschichte der Laender und Voelker von Amerika, Halle, Jacob Gebauer, 1752, 2 vols., 4to, engraved frontispiece, 65 engraved plates and maps only (of 67) (some soiling of margins), contemporary calf (spines worn) [Sabin 77989; Howes S200] -- St. John Crèvecoeur (J. Hektor): Sittliche Schilderungen von Amerika, Liegnitz and Leipzig, bey David Siegert, 1784, 8vo, first edition in German, two folding engraved maps (the maps browned), contemporary boards. [Sabin 17500; Howes C883: 'As literature unexcelled by any American work of the 18th century'] (4)

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