FORBES, James Grant.

Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas; More Particul

Item #57343

FORBES, James Grant. Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas; More Particularly of East Florida. New York. 1821. 226pp. plus advertisement leaf. Folding frontispiece map. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown. Folding map backed with tissue, repairing several closed tears. Leaf preceding titlepage also backed with tissue. Light foxing and soiling. Scattered pencil annotations. About very good. SABIN 25046. STREETER SALE 1205. CLARK II:203. HOWES F243. SERVIES 1078. First and only edition. A guide to East Florida at the time it was ceded to the U.S., designed to attract investors and settlers to the "Forbes Purchase," encompassing over one million acres on the Appalachicola bay and river. An appendix reprints some historical documents, including a bilingual version of the treaty of cession. Sabin does not note the map, and Howes states it was not issued in all copies. It depicts the Appalachicola river and bay, and includes a plan of the proposed town of Colinton with street names, squares, etc.

Price: $3,750.00