[GEORGIA] -- [STEPHENS, William]. A State of the Province of Georgia, Attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. London: W. Meadows, 1742. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION.
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[GEORGIA] -- [STEPHENS, William (1671-1753)]. A State of the Province of Georgia, Attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. London: W. Meadows, 1742.
8vo (189 x 119 mm). Woodcut device on title-page. (Lacking half-title, some light spotting.) Later boards, printed label on spine (a few repairs to spine ends, soiling and a few small losses to spine label). Provenance: L. S. (stamp on first text leaf).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, "also issued from the same setting of type differently imposed, as an appendix to vol. 2 of the author’s Journal, 1742, and included in the reprint in the Colonial Records of Georgia” (Sabin). De Renne I, p.108-109; see Howes S-945; Sabin 91315. For a copy of Tailfer's True and Historical Narrative, see lot 361.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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