[NEW YORK- DE WITT, CLINTON]
Letters on the natural history and internal resources of the state of New-York. By Hibernicus. New York: E. Bliss & E. White, 1822. First edition in book form (first appeared serially in a newspaper). Publisher's boards, the upper cover with the text of the title page set within a woodcut border of repeated state seals. 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (19.5 x 11 cm); 224 pp. Two neat stamps of F.M. Camp to flyleaf, early label of Mack & Andrus Circulating Library to pastedown, old dampstain to lower right corner affects boards and some leaves, spotting, small losses to boards, a fine, uncut, original copy free of restoration.
This work contains much early comment on the natural history of New York and is scarce in such unsophisticated condition. Sabin 13716.