DE SCHWEINITZ, Edmund

The Life and Times of David Zeisberger [FIRST EDITION]

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Publisher's cloth. 747 pp.
Spine rebacked with tape and hinges repaired with tape. A tear on p. 101 has also been taped. Ex-library with sticker on front cover, bookplate inside front cover, card pocket on front free endpaper, and embossment on title page and rear page.
This is an uncommon first edition of De Schweinitz's biography of 18th-century German missionary Zeisberger, who lived among the Delaware, Shawnee, and Iriquois. (Howes D273; Sabin 19691). Good +. Item #2131

Price: $175.00