"ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA AS IT WAS WHEN ENGLAND TOOK IT FROM FRANCE" (STREETER): ROGERS' 1765 ACCOUNT OF NORTH AMERICA

(AMERICAN COLONIES) ROGERS, Robert. A Concise Account of North America, Containing a Description of the Several British Colonies on that Continent… To Which Is Subjoined an Account of the Several Nations and Tribes of Indians Residing in Those Parts, as to Their Customs, Manners, Government, Numbers, &c. London: J. Millan, 1765. Octavo, contemporary full polished calf-gilt, raised bands, later red and black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. $4500.

First edition of "the first geographical account of the American interior after England had wrested it from France, and… [among] the most accurate of the period" (Howes) by the famed ranger of the French and Indian War.

A native of New Hampshire, Rogers "first commanded a company of New Hampshire troops, and served under General William Johnson in the operations against the French and Indians on the Northern and Western frontiers of New York, and was afterwards at the engagement and defeat of General Dieskau at the South end of Lake George" (Stevens 505). During his military career he won some notoriety as the commander of "Rogers' Rangers." In 1760 Rogers was sent to take possession of Detroit and was afterwards appointed Governor of Mackinaw. At the conclusion of the war he traveled to England, where he published his Journals and his Account of North America, a valuable sourcebook which reflects his vast knowledge of the western country and his familiarity with the geography and settlements as well as the Indian tribes of the regions he traversed. Sabin 72723. Field 1316. Eberstadt 115:885. Streeter II:1028. Rich, 146. Howes R418.

Small, faint ink stain on preliminaries, text generally clean with occasional faint dampstaining; handsome binding inwith light expert restoration.