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xxiv, 520, [12] pp. Frontispiece plus seven plates (one folding) and folding map. Pp.225-240 misbound between pp. 176 and 177. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8¼x5”), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, matching endpapers, raised bands, gilt on spine. First British Edition.

One of the classic accounts of southern natural history and exploration, with much on the southern Indian tribes.  For the period, Bartram's work is unrivalled.  "...Bartram wrote with all the enthusiasm and interest with which the fervent old Spanish friars and missionaries narrated the wonders of the new found world...he neglected nothing which would add to the common stock of human knowledge" - Field.  "Unequalled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, scenery, and productions" - Sabin.  The map illustrates the east coast of Florida from the St. Johns River to Cape Canaveral.