(NATURAL HISTORY) John Bartram Observations on the Inhabitan

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(NATURAL HISTORY.) John Bartram. Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and other Matters . . . in his Travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada. Folding frontispiece plan of an Oswego longhouse and map on one sheet. [2], 94 pages. 8vo, later 1/2 calf over marbled boards, minor wear; intermittent foxing, frontispiece with several closed tears and laid down on paper, lacking final blank; embossed library stamps on frontispiece and title page. London, 1751

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First edition. Bartram was a botanist who accompanied Conrad Weiser on a diplomatic mission to the Iroquois. The final 16 pages are devoted to a letter from another important naturalist, Peter Kalm of Sweden, which includes the first English-language scientific description of Niagara Falls. Church 977; Dow, Niagara, pages I:53-63; Field 92 ("we are indulged by many intimate associations with scenes of aboriginal life"); Howes B222 ("b"); Sabin 3868; Streeter sale II:869; TPL 186; Vail 449.