Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 2,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
[OLDMIXON, JOHN.] The British Empire in America. 8 folding maps. xxxviii, [2], 412, [4]; [2], 382, [34] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 1/2 morocco, minimal wear; minor worming to pages II:287-308. [4] pages of 29 March 1708 publisher's ads at the end of Volume I. London, 1708

Additional Details

first edition. Written with substantial personal assistance from William Penn and several other leading residents of the American colonies, in addition to the usual historical sources. The maps by Herman Moll cover North America; Newfoundland; New England and New York; Virginia and Maryland; the Carolina and Bermuda; Barbados; the Leeward Islands; and Jamaica. European Americana 708/95; Howes O-61 ("aa"); Lande 690; Sabin 57156.