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

Title Variants

Uniform: Histoire de la Louisiane

By

Le Page du Pratz, Antoine-Simon, 1695-1775

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt in the Strand, MDCCLXIII.. [1763]

Notes

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.

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana, | 1352.

Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, | 763/5.

Subjects

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

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 85253444