Emporium & Humber Family Collection Auction
Fri, Feb 4, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 379
Lawson's History of North Carolina
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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The History of North Carolina Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country, etc., by John Lawson, Raleigh: Strother and Marcom, 1860, first American edition, Howes L155, Sabin 39452, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, with four raised bands, morocco spine label
Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina
Note: A basic and important work regarding the Indians of North Carolina, and the first history of the Carolinas. Lawson, a government land surveyor, was burned at the stake by the Tuscarora Indians in 1711.
Condition
ownership inscription, some loss at head of spine, wear to the morocco spine label, wear at extremities
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