Almost three page excerpt from Antoine-Simon Le Page Du Pratz's work "Historie de la Louisiane in Nathaniel Ames' "An Astronomical Diary or Almanack For the Year of Our Lord Christ 1769"
Printed and sold by The Printers and Booksellers: Boston, (1768). 6 x 4", printed sewn wraps, (24pp). Heavily toned, outer wraps soiled, rear wrap torn along spine about 4" from bottom, creased corners, scattered spotting, some chipping and edge tears, occasional contemporary ink note. Ames' excerpt which he calls an..... More