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The binding is sound but shows edgewear and soiling, stained front board. There is foxing throughout, including to the New Orleans plan frontis. Private library label to spine (no other markings). Wiley Philadelphia 1852 1st Edition Hardback Cloth 8vo. xi, (17) - 380 pp. Appendix. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, decorated gilt spine. Folding frontis plan of New Orleans in 1770. Stand-alone second volume in a series of lectures by the most prominent Louisiana historian of the time.

New York: John Wiley, 1852. First Edition. Folding map. 380 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Original blind and gilt stamped green cloth, some chips and losses to spine. First Edition. Folding map. 380 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. An excellent source on the subject, containing a great deal on Texas as well. The third in the series preceded by histories under the Spanish and Americans. Howes G-87

Collectible Acceptable. hardcover no dust jacket, as issued - 1852 -text appears clean and unmarked with foxing, binding is square and cracked at the front hinge, quarter leather bound covers are clean with some wear -- Dependable seller since 1994, daily shipping with tracking from our brick and mortar store in Madison, Wisconsin.

Harper & Brothers/ John Wiley and Redfield Book. Very Good. Hard Covers. First Editions. Three volume set, all first editions. Dates of 1851, 1852 and 1854 respectively. Rebound in brown buckram cloth with new end papers. Gilt titles on spine. Pages very clean. Fold-out map as frontis in "French Colony" volume.

1852 1ed Louisiana History MAP French Colonization New Orleans Charles Gayarre

Charles Gayarré was a 19th-century American historian who is best remembered for his historical works relating to Louisiana and French colonization. 'Louisiana: Its History as a French Colony' is a series of lectures and reports on the foundations of Louisiana, the exploration of the Acadians, the military prowess of Charles III, and important descriptions of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

This 1852 first edition of 'Third Series of Lectures' is a complete work on its own and features a folding engraved plan of New Orleans. From the preface: "embracing the period which extends from its discovery to 1769."
Item number: #19215
Price: $550
GAYARRE, Charles
Louisiana: its history as a French colony, third series of lectures
New York: J. Wiley, 1852. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 17-380
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Folding Map - "Plan of New Orleans"
· Provenance: Bookplate – Leonard V.… Read More