A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. ...
By: By William Douglass, M.D. ; Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. ; [One line from Cicero]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 6307.; Early American imprints -- no. 6663.
Publisher: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street.
Published: 1749
Place of publication: Boston, New-England
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Smallpox -- Vaccination.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Other titles: Summary, historical and political ..
Notes: Originally issued in numbers of 16 p., each with cover-title; v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, April 1750-Nov. 1752. Left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752.

Some copies of v. 1 have the severe characterization of Admiral Knowles found in no. 15 (p. 235-238) as issued separately, but, owing to a suit for libel, omitted from most copies of the bound volume.

Imprint of v. 2 varies: Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle in Queen-Street; where may be had the first volume bound or stitch'd. Also some odd numbers to compleat imperfect setts. 1751 [i.e., 1752]. The table of contents for v. 2 covers material through p. 296 only.

Vol. 1: [2], iii, [3], 568 p.; v. 2: [4], 416 p. Page 464 of v. 1 misnumbered 456.

Signatures, v. 1: [A]þ́ B-Nþ́ ℗øNþ́ O-Vþ́ Wþ́ X-2Uþ́ 2Wþ́ 2X-3Uþ́ 3Wþ́ 3X-3Yþ́ (C1 missigned B); v. 2: [A]℗ø B-Uþ́ Wþ́ X-2Uþ́ 2Wþ́ 2X-3Eþ́.

"A digression concerning the small-pox."--v. 2, p. 392-414.

Evans 6307.

Evans 6663.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6307; 6663)