[America] Kalm, P. Travels into North America;

containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with observations on local customs and noteworthy and curious reflections on a range of subjects. Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster. The second edition. In two volumes. London, printed for T. Lowndes, 1772, 2 vols., XII,414; IV,423,(1 blank),(8) p., w. large fold. engr. map, (56 x 76 cm) and 6 plates (all following the general binder's index in vol. 2), cont. unif. polished calf, gilt and ribbed spines w. mor. letterpieces, large 8vo. Offsetting from turn-ins and from tipped-in typecript description of Maggs Bros. Occas. other internal and external imperfections, frontcover of vol. 2 shows leather dam. in lower outer corner.

From the library of William Rashleigh, with his bookplate on both upper pastedowns. One of the most important and reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization and political situation. Good copy. (total 2)