A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. ... / By William Douglass, M.D. ; Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. ; [One line from Cicero].
| Author/creator | Douglass, William |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston, New-England : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, MD,CC,XLIX. [1749-1752] |
| Description | 2 volumes ; 20 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6307. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6663. ^A478749 |
| General note | Originally issued in numbers of 16 p., each with cover-title; v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, April 1750-Nov. 1752. Left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752. |
| General note | Some copies of v. 1 have the severe characterization of Admiral Knowles found in no. 15 (p. 235-238) as issued separately, but, owing to a suit for libel, omitted from most copies of the bound volume. |
| General note | Imprint of v. 2 varies: Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle in Queen-Street; where may be had the first volume bound or stitch'd. Also some odd numbers to compleat imperfect setts. 1751 [i.e., 1752]. The table of contents for v. 2 covers material through p. 296 only. |
| General note | Vol. 1: [2], iii, [3], 568 p.; v. 2: [4], 416 p. Page 464 of v. 1 misnumbered 456. |
| General note | Signatures, v. 1: [A]⁴ B-N⁴ ²N⁴ O-V⁴ W⁴ X-2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3U⁴ 3W⁴ 3X-3Y⁴ (C1 missigned B); v. 2: [A]² B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3E⁴. |
| General note | "A digression concerning the small-pox."--v. 2, p. 392-414. |
| References | Evans 6307 |
| References | Evans 6663 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6307). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6663). |
| Other title | Summary, historical and political ... |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |