DOUGLASS WILLIAM A Summary Historical and Political of the

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DOUGLASS, WILLIAM. A Summary, Historical and Political, of the . . . British Settlements in North-America. Folding map, hand-colored in outline. [2], iv, [4], 568; [6], 416 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear, rebacked with original spine labels laid down; intermittent foxing, lacking the 4 ad leaves. London, 1755

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Second edition of the "first American history of the whole country"--Howes D436 ("aa"). Douglass was a physician from Scotland who had settled in Boston. His "Digression Concerning the Small-Pox" which concludes Volume II is a highlight. This is the first edition to include the map by Thomas Jefferys, not present in all copies. Guerra a-231n; Sabin 20727 ("no copy has yet been found, in its original state, with the map").