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America.- Smith (William) Relation Historique de l'Expedition, contre les Indiens de l'Ohio en MDCCLXIV, first French edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved maps and 2 plates, light water-stain to upper margin of a few leaves, uncut in original blue wrappers, spine worn at head and foot, corners creased, preserved in modern drop-back box, [Sabin 84647], 8vo, Amsterdam, chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1769.
⁂ A wonderful copy in original condition of this important account of Col. Henry Bouquet's expedition west of the Ohio river into the Muskingham valley. The work was originally published in Philadelphia in 1764 but this French translation, taken from the 1766 London edition, was the first to include a biography of Bouquet. The maps and plates were re-engraved for this edition with the two parts of Thomas Hutchins' map of the Ohio and Muskingham rivers here appearing separately.
⁂ A wonderful copy in original condition of this important account of Col. Henry Bouquet's expedition west of the Ohio river into the Muskingham valley. The work was originally published in Philadelphia in 1764 but this French translation, taken from the 1766 London edition, was the first to include a biography of Bouquet. The maps and plates were re-engraved for this edition with the two parts of Thomas Hutchins' map of the Ohio and Muskingham rivers here appearing separately.
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