A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. .. [electronic resource] : / By William Douglass, M.D. Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. [One line from Cicero]
- Bib ID:
- 3167624
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Douglass, William, 1691?-1752
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- Description:
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- Boston, New-England : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, MD,CC,XLIX. [1749-1752]
- 2v. ; 8°.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Notes:
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- Originally issued in numbers of 16 p., each with cover-title; v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, Apr. 1750-Nov. 1752. Left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752.
- Some copies of v. 1 have the severe characterization of Admiral Knowles found in no. 15, p. 235-238, as issued separately, but, owing to a suit for libel, omitted from most copies of the bound volume.
- Imprint of v. 2 varies: Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle in Queen-Street; where may be had the first volume bound or stitch'd. Also some odd numbers to compleat imperfect setts. 1751 [i.e., 1752]. The table of contents for v. 2 covers material through p. 296 only.
- Vol. 1: [2], iii, [3], 568 p.; v. 2: [4], 416 p. Page 464 of v. 1 misnumbered 456.
- Signatures, v. 1: [A]♯ B-N♯ ℗N♯ O-V♯ W♯ X-2U♯ 2W♯ 2X-3U♯ 3W♯ 3X-3Y♯ (C1 missigned B); v. 2: [A]℗ B-U♯ W♯ X-2U♯ 2W♯ 2X-3E♯.
- "A digression concerning the small-pox."--p. 392-414.
- Cited In:
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- Evans, 6307
- Evans, 6663
- ESTC, 29504
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to subscribers.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1752
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1749
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