[OLDMIXON, John (1673-1742)]. The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of all the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America. London: for John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, Richard Parker and Ralph Smith, 1708.

2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 117 mm). Advertisement and errata leaf in vol. I [b4], 3pp. advertisements on Bb7r-Bb8 in vol. II, 8 folding maps after Herman Moll. (Some toning and short marginal tears, minor creasing to maps, dampstaining to a few gatherings in vol. II.) Contemporary multi-tonal sprinkled calf decorated in blind (rebacked, joints starting, some wear); together in folding case. Provenance: early armorial bookplate with "auctor pretiosa facit" motto; Dayton Art Institution (1985 presentation bookplate by Thomas C. Colt, Jr., shelfmarks and stamps to a few pages and text block edges).

FIRST EDITION of this valuable early history of North America and the Caribbean, with information regarding the climate, soil, manufacture, and trade in the regions aimed at encouraging British settlement in America. "The dedication is signed by J. Oldmixon; but the work is often attributed to Herman Moll, who prepared the maps" (Sabin 57156). Howes O-61.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio