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040 $aDLC$edcrb$cDLC$dBRL
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049 $aBRLL
099 $aAdams 251.1
100 1 $aBurke, Edmund,$d1729-1797.
245 13 $aAn account of the European settlements in America :$bin six parts ... each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants: the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements and their political and commercial views with regard to each other. In two volumes.
250 $aThe fourth edition with improvements.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for J. Dodsley ...,$cMDCCLXV [1765]
300 $a2 v. :$bmaps (fold.) ;$c21 cm.
500 $aAnonymous. Attributed to Edmund and William Burke--NUC pre-1956 imprints. Probably the joint work of Edmund and William Burke; but usually attributed to the former, although he called himself merely the reviser of his kinsman's work. --cf. Dict. nat. biog.; Sabin, Bibl. Amer.
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.$5BRL
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf, v. 1: "Seth Adams" and "No. 67..."$5BRL
505 0 $aFrom t.p.: "In six parts: I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world, II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants, III. Of the Spanish settlements, IV. Of the Portuguese, V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish, VI. Of the English.
510 4 $aESTC,$cT6289
510 4 $aNUC pre-1956,$cNB 0972080
510 4 $aSabin,$c9282
510 4 $aTodd,$c4d
533 $aAlso available on microfilm.$bWoodbridge, CT :$cResearch Publications, Inc.,$d1983.$e1 reel ; 35mm.$f(The Eighteenth Century ; reel 828, no. 6).
590 $aJohn Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aBurke, William,$d1730-1798.
700 1 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826,$eformer owner.$5BRL
710 2 $aBoston Public Library (John Adams Library)$5BRL
937 $aEuropean history$aAmerican history.
955 $aR-B
994 $a02$bBRL