A Description of the English Province of Carolina. By the Spaniards call’d Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane

8vo, contemporary sheep, rebacked at an early date, modern cloth slipcase, with large folding map in facsimile, [1], [50], [2], 122 pp. Some foxing and staining to contents, hinges weak, and joints are starting to crack a little, binding shows wear around the edges; and leather is torn a bit at lower front edge. Page with title and notice of the facsimile map is bound in before title page, early owner’s signature on title page, Some foxing and dampstaining throughout. This is a fourth edition of a work that was originally published in 1722, which presents the first English account of Louisiana. According to Howes this was a “bold assertion of the rights of the English to the entire Gulf region [Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., and La.] which had been granted to the author’s father.” Coxe explored a good part of the area, and lived there for fourteen years. However, a good deal of the information contained in the work is believed to have come from British hunters and explorers, which is presented for the first time. Streeter indicates that within the preface of this book is the first “printed proposal for a political confederation of all the British North American colonies, leading to a Governor General to be appointed by the Crown.”