2205-21 COOPER, Rev. Mr. [i. e. Richard JOHNSON]. The History of North America. Containing a Review of the Customs and Manners of the Original Inhabitants; The First Settlement of the British Colonies, Their Rise and Progress From the Earliest Period to the Time of Their Becoming United, Free and Independent States. Sabin I, 16583 - Zweite Ausgabe des laut Sabin erstmal 1780 publizierten Werkes zur Geschichte Nordamerikas. "Ref. Mr. Cooper" ist ein Pseudonym für Richard Johnson (1733/4-1793), der im Vorwort schreibt: "Future generations will perhaps view the late revolution in North America, as the most singular phoenomenon that ever appeared […] To point out the gradual steps by which America finally obtained her independence, to describe those terrible scenes of rapine, blood, and slaughter […] are principally the objects of this epitiome". Es fehlt das Frontispiz mit der siegreichen Personifikation Amerikas. With 5 copplerplate engravings. Mod. calf binding, gilt stamped. The frontispiece with the victorious personification of America is missing. - Ref. to Sabin second edition. | |||||