A View Of The Soil And Climate Of The United States Of America by Volney, C.F. [Constantin Francois] - 1804

1804. VOLNEY, C[onstantine] F. A View of the Soil and Climate of the United States of America: With Supplementary Remarks Upon Florida; on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the Aboringinal Tribes of America. Translated, With Occasional Remarks, By C.B. Brown. With Maps and Plates. Phila.: J. Conrad & Co., 1804. 1st ed. in English. 8vo. Illus. with two folding maps and two folding charts. Very good in later antique style calf-backed marbled boards. Howes V-141. Sabin 100693. Field 1610. "The author spent three years in the United States, ardently engaged in collecting facts for his work which principally related to the state and manners of the Indians and the climate.