Giovanni GRASSI
Notizie varie sullo stato presente della repubblica degli stati uniti dell' America Settentrionale scritte al principio del 1818
[Various Reports on the Present State of the Republic of the United States of North America, Written at the Beginning of 1818]
Luigi Perego Salvioni|Roma [Rome [Rome]] 1818|12.3 x 19.2 cm|Relié
First edition, completed at the end of the volume with a folding table printed off text (cf. Sabin 28336; Howes 318).
Bound in full flexible beige boards, the manuscript spine title clumsily restored with an adhesive strip and now largely faded; sprinkled red edges.
A dampstain affecting the upper right corner of the opening leaves; a few scattered foxmarks.
The folding table bound at the end of the volume is not recorded by Sabin. It summarises the key geographical data for each state (natural resources, population in 1790 and 1810, universities and colleges, representation in Congress, etc.).
Father Giovanni Grassi of the Society of Jesus spent several years in Georgetown, where he served as rector of the seminary.
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