THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT
by Williams, Samuel
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Walpole, N.H.: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, Jun...., 1794. 416pp. plus folding map. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Foxed (heavily at times) and tanned, else quite good. Includes chapters on the natural resources, climate, vegetable production (with a scientific treatise on the effect of trees on the environment), natural history, native Indians, early settlement, relations with the neighboring states, social institutions and customs, government, and the American Revolution. The attractive map of the state is by J. Whitelaw. HOWES W478, "aa." SABIN 104350. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 17789.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM9633
- Title
- THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT
- Author
- Williams, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, Jun....
- Place of Publication
- Walpole, N.H.
- Date Published
- 1794
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....