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The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont
Ira Allen, 1798
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The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont
Ira Allen, 1798
ALLEN, Ira (1751-1814). The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont. London: printed by J.W. Myers and sold by W. West, 1798.
First edition. Ira Allen was a founder of Vermont and the designer of the state's Great Seal. He was the younger brother of Ethan Allen and both were leading figures during the American Revolution. The map of the state of Vermont was drawn under Ira Allen's supervision and is not present in all copies according to Howes. Howes A-142 ("b"); Sabin 819.
Octavo (211 x 128mm). Ad leaf present at end. Frontispiece portrait; folding engraved map hand-colored in outline (a little soiling to title and map, map with a short stub tear, a little pale foxing to frontispiece). Later 19th-century marbled calf, spine gilt (upper cover started, scuffing). Provenance: James Hale Bates (bookplate) – Ernest E. Keet (bookplate).
Ira Allen, 1798
ALLEN, Ira (1751-1814). The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont. London: printed by J.W. Myers and sold by W. West, 1798.
First edition. Ira Allen was a founder of Vermont and the designer of the state's Great Seal. He was the younger brother of Ethan Allen and both were leading figures during the American Revolution. The map of the state of Vermont was drawn under Ira Allen's supervision and is not present in all copies according to Howes. Howes A-142 ("b"); Sabin 819.
Octavo (211 x 128mm). Ad leaf present at end. Frontispiece portrait; folding engraved map hand-colored in outline (a little soiling to title and map, map with a short stub tear, a little pale foxing to frontispiece). Later 19th-century marbled calf, spine gilt (upper cover started, scuffing). Provenance: James Hale Bates (bookplate) – Ernest E. Keet (bookplate).
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