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MELTON, Edward. Engelsch Edelmans... 1702.

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Amsterdam: Jan Verjager, 1702. [4],495,[7] pp., 4to (198 x 160 mm). Engraved titled, 19 plates (several folding). Elaborate woodcut letters and decorations. Early vellum. Condition: minor toning and light foxing; minor soiling. includes an early description of new york. Second edition, after the first of 1681. "Who this Melton was, is an unsettled problem. His travels in the West Indies relate partly to the buccaneers. The chapter on New Netherland is made up from Van der Donck and A. Montanus. All the natural productions of the country are described, and the names given in the Indian dialects of Guyana, with occasional observations on the pronunciation of the words...Several of the plates are by the celebrated Jan Luiken, and are among his best productions; one of them is a view of the Cohoes Falls in the Mohawk river" (Sabin). Alden & Landis 702/129; Sabin 47473.

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