Description: The Monthly MagazineNew York & VicinityTravels&c.1798 Original 1798 volume, months February - August (no main title page) in a most handsome fresh binding, leather spine over marbled boards, quite lovely all around. Curious contents lovely too though some bits are shockingly vile...we have John Thomas Evans and his travels in the US, Missouri River, Indian tribes (Evans made a map and both his words and the map were to prove valuable to Meriwether Lewis & William Clark of Lewis & Clark fame); long descriptions of travels and observations in New York and vicinity, goes on for many pages, all interesting until author starts to speak about "Negro Servants" in an extraordinarily racist manner; Hudson River, Raritan River, Delaware, Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Princeton, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Flatbush, Staten Island, Trenton, Hudson, Albany; Walpoliana!; Journey from New York to Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Quakers; some Judaica - much on Moses Mendelssohn; Use of Oil as a Cure for the Plague; George Washington pops up; & more. Pages clean if a bit worn and some too-close trimming on sections. One large fold-out engraving of pipes/water flow (only engraving in volume) has split in two. Curious and quite rare volume. ******We ship swiftly and with safety in mind.Thank you.
Price: 475 USD
Location: Jamaica, Vermont
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, First Edition
Topic: Americana, American History, History, Travels, Indian Tribes
Modified Item: No
Subject: History, Travels
Year Printed: 1798
Original/Facsimile: Original
