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The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina: : containing a description of the countries that lye on both sides of the river Mississipi: with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products.

by: Le Page du Pratz, -1775

Publication date: 1763

Topics: Natural history -- Louisiana, Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley, Booksellers' catalogs -- Great Britain -- 1763, Louisiana -- History -- To 1803, Louisiana -- Description and travel, Imprint 1763

Publisher: London, : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt in the Strand.

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

Volume: 2

2 v. : 22 cm

Covers the period from 1718 to 1734, when the author was residing in North America

Translation of "Histoire de la Louisiane," first published Paris, 1758

In a later issue (London : Becket, De Hondt, 1763), the preface extends to l instead of xlvii p

As all other issues of this title have 2 maps, each on a folded leaf, it is likely that this copy, with 1 map, is imperfect

Signatures: v.1: pi² a-b¹² ²a⁴ B-Q¹² R⁴; v. 2: pi² A² B-M¹² N⁴

Vol. 1: [4], xlvii, [1], vii, [1], 368 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [8], 272 p

Bookseller's advertisements, v. 1, p. [1], 5th count

Includes bibliographical references