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OBSERVATIONS ON THE CLIMATE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF AMERICA...TO WHICH ARE ADDED, REMARKS ON THE DIFFERENT COMPLEXIONS OF THE HUMAN RACE; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINES OF AMERICA. BEING AN INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE TO THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA by Williamson, Hugh:
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New York. 1811.. viii,199pp. plus two plates Modern half morocco and marbled boards. A not too obtrusive library perforation stamp on titlepage. Light scattered foxing, else very good. A rather interesting and variegated work, ranging from considerations of climate to a discussion of the nature and properties of heat, to speculation on the origins of man, specifically the American Indian (aimed, we suppose, toward establishing some of the premises for the author's HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA, which was published the following year). Williamson pursued theories on racial type and temperature not in fashion today, but he records much important data and deserves credit as a pioneer in the fields of climate and race. HOWES W495. FIELD 1678.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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