HISTOIRE ET COMMERCE DES COLONIES ANGLOISES, Dans L'Amerique Septentrionale, Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux fur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement fur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie
(Paris: Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755).
A VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION, and an important work, being "[the] first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies" (Echeverria). John Huske's "The Present State of North America, London, 1755" is principally translated from this work. Item #8574
First edition. 12mo, in an early binding of marbled boards backed in cloth, gilt spine. xxiv, 336. A near-fine copy, with just a small library stamp on the title-page and verso, small library label at the foot of the spine.