A topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo, : containing, general observations on the climate, population, and productions; on the character and manners of the inhabitants; with an account of the several branches of the government: : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island. / By M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. Member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. ; Translated from the French by William Cobbett. ; Vol. I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.

Contributor:

Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, translator.

Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819, printer.

Standardized Title:

Description topographique et politique de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Dominique. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Dominican Republic--Description and travel.

Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic--History--To 1844.

History.

Genre:

Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Rosengarten, J.G. (Donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : 1 map ; 22 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : printed and sold by the author, printer and bookseller, no. 84, South Front-Street., 1796.

Notes:

Signatures: v. 1, pi4 [italic a in parens.]4 (a)-(f)4 (g)4(-(g)4) A-2Q4 2R1; v. 2, [A]4 B-2R4 (2R4 verso blank).

Vol. 1: 8, 8, liv, 314 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2, 318, [2] p.

Translation of Description topographique et politique de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Dominique.

List of subscribers, v. 1, p. [3]-8. Errata note, v. 2, p. [319].

The table of contents, p. [241]-318, was not translated by Cobbett. Cf. the note, p. [241].

Local Notes:

Bound in 1 vol.

Imperfect: map wanting.

Cited in:

Evans 30818

Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 15a

OCLC:

5298882