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LAWSON, John (d.1711). The History of Carolina; Containing the Exact Descriptions and Natural History of that Country: Together with the Present State thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd thro' several Nations of Indians. Giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, &c. London: W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1714.
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LAWSON, John (d.1711). The History of Carolina; Containing the Exact Descriptions and Natural History of that Country: Together with the Present State thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd thro' several Nations of Indians. Giving a particular Account of their Customs, Manners, &c. London: W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1714.
4o (204 x 157 mm). Advertisement leaf at end. Folding frontispiece map by John Senex (short separation along one fold, some reinforcements along folds on verso), one plate. (A4, B1 with small repair at lower gutter, some browning and foxing.) Blue morocco for Bernard Quaritch, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the 1714 title-page (following the first issue with the 1709 title-page A New Voyage to Carolina and its inclusion in John Stevens' A New Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1708-10). John Lawson (d. 1711), sailed from his native London to South Carolina in August, 1700 to assume an appointment as Surveyor-General of North Carolina. At the time of Lawson's arrival, South Carolina was still a young colony. He found its only major city, Charleston, to be a pleasant town with "very regular and fair streets" lined with "good Buildings of Brick and Wood." He explored the region and returned to England to prepare his History in 1709. His second visit to the colony, however, would be cut short. In September, 1711, disagreements in their trade with the settlers drove the Tuscarora Indians to attack the settlers. Lawson and his associate Christopher von Graffenreid were captured while ascending the Neuse River, and were taken as hostages to the town of Catechna (near modern day Snow Hill). Rather than placate the Tuscaroras, Lawson argued with them and was put to death. In retaliation, the English inflicted grievous wounds on the Tuscarora nation, killing many and capturing over 1,000 Tuscarora and selling them into slavery. War weary, most of the nation's survivors left North Carolina in 1722 to take refuge among the Iroquois nations to the north, becoming the sixth nation in the Confederacy. An account of his first sojourn in the Carolinas, the History surveys the landscape, the potential for European settlement, and the native plants and animals, and places a special emphasis upon the Indian inhabitants of the region, and includes a vocabulary at end. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current no copy has sold in at least thirty years. Alden & Landis 714/74; Clark Old South I:115; Howes L-155; Pilling 2225; Sabin 39452; Vail 319.
[With] LAWSON. The History of Carolina. Raleigh: Strother & Marcom, 1860. 8o. (Some spotting.) 19th-century half calf (later spine label, wear at extremities). Republished because only "two copies of the original edition are now to be found within the State" (Preface). Sabin 39452.
4o (204 x 157 mm). Advertisement leaf at end. Folding frontispiece map by John Senex (short separation along one fold, some reinforcements along folds on verso), one plate. (A4, B1 with small repair at lower gutter, some browning and foxing.) Blue morocco for Bernard Quaritch, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the 1714 title-page (following the first issue with the 1709 title-page A New Voyage to Carolina and its inclusion in John Stevens' A New Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1708-10). John Lawson (d. 1711), sailed from his native London to South Carolina in August, 1700 to assume an appointment as Surveyor-General of North Carolina. At the time of Lawson's arrival, South Carolina was still a young colony. He found its only major city, Charleston, to be a pleasant town with "very regular and fair streets" lined with "good Buildings of Brick and Wood." He explored the region and returned to England to prepare his History in 1709. His second visit to the colony, however, would be cut short. In September, 1711, disagreements in their trade with the settlers drove the Tuscarora Indians to attack the settlers. Lawson and his associate Christopher von Graffenreid were captured while ascending the Neuse River, and were taken as hostages to the town of Catechna (near modern day Snow Hill). Rather than placate the Tuscaroras, Lawson argued with them and was put to death. In retaliation, the English inflicted grievous wounds on the Tuscarora nation, killing many and capturing over 1,000 Tuscarora and selling them into slavery. War weary, most of the nation's survivors left North Carolina in 1722 to take refuge among the Iroquois nations to the north, becoming the sixth nation in the Confederacy. An account of his first sojourn in the Carolinas, the History surveys the landscape, the potential for European settlement, and the native plants and animals, and places a special emphasis upon the Indian inhabitants of the region, and includes a vocabulary at end. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current no copy has sold in at least thirty years. Alden & Landis 714/74; Clark Old South I:115; Howes L-155; Pilling 2225; Sabin 39452; Vail 319.
[With] LAWSON. The History of Carolina. Raleigh: Strother & Marcom, 1860. 8o. (Some spotting.) 19th-century half calf (later spine label, wear at extremities). Republished because only "two copies of the original edition are now to be found within the State" (Preface). Sabin 39452.