Page 116 - Swann Galleries - Printed & Manuscript Americana - Sale 2310 - April 16, 2013

255 ● ROBERTS, LEWES. The [Me]rchants Mappe of Commerce. 4 (of 5) maps,
lacking world map. [12], 12, [20], 1-2, 11-223, [2], 1-116, 119-262, [4], 192, [1] pages. Folio,
modern calf in period style; title and final pages laid down, first few leaves worn at edges,
leaf A6 smaller and possibly supplied, intermittent ink marks, lacking frontispiece,
additional title, and leaves B2-5; perforated library stamp on leaf K1.
London: Ralph Mabb, [1638] [800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION. A defective copy of a scarce and important work. The chapter on America
(pages 51 to 64) is complete, with the map just a bit grazed on one edge and a few ink marks
on two pages. “The northerne part of this Virginia, being better discovered than the other, is
called New England, full of good new Townes and Forts . . . and is likely in a short time to
prove a happie and flourishing Plantation.” “The earliest systematic work on trade and commerce
published in the English language”—Sabin 71906. European Americana 638/102.
256 ● ROGERS, ROBERT. A Concise Account of North America. 8vo, modern
full morocco gilt in period style; minimal dampstaining, bookplate removed from front
pastedown. London, 1765 [1,200/1,800]
FIRST EDITION. A history and description of British North America, by a French and Indian
War major from New Hampshire. Concludes with a 60-page chapter titled “Customs,
Manners &c of the Indians.” “Based largely on personal knowledge, this was the first
geographical account of the American interior after England had wrested it from France, and, aside
from those by Pittman and Hutchins, the most accurate of the period”—Howes R418 (“b”).
Graff 3554; Greenly 17; Lande 761; Sabin 72723; Streeter sale II:1028; Vail 562.
257 ● ROGERS, ROBERT. Journals . . . of the Several Excursions he Made
under the Generals who Commanded upon the Continent of North America.
[iii]-viii, 236, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary full calf, rebacked in period style, moderate
wear; lacking half-title and second advertisement leaf, internally clean.
London, 1765 [2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION of “one of the basic sources for the French and Indian War”—Streeter sale
II:1029. Tells the classic story of Rogers’ Rangers at Detroit, Crown Point, Ticonderoga,
Montreal, and Lake George from 1755 to 1761. Graff 3555; Greenly 16; Howes R419
(“b”); Sabin 72725; Vail 563.
255