Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale [...].

12mo: xxiv-336 pp. (upper part of half title cut out with ms. mention missing, foxing).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (some rubbings, front joint partly split, head missing).

First French edition of a work by the Parisian economist and historian Butel-Dumont (1725-1788) writing on the English trade settlements on the East Coast of America (a.o. New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Carolina and Georgia) including details on their population and government.
Ref. Sabin 9602. - ESTC T45466. - Goldsmith 9028. - Barbier II:801. - Cioranescu 14936.