Description:
Johnson, Richard (1733-1793) The History of North America. Lansingburgh: by Silvester Tiffany, sold by Thomas Spencer, 1795. Second American edition, 12mo, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, and five full-paged engravings of important moments in the American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party; Bunker Hill; the death of Montgomery; destruction of the Randolph; and the defeat of De Grasse; full contemporary sheepskin, unsophisticated, some toning, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Estimate $600-800
[pi]4, B-M6, N-O4.
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