1718. 2 MEMOIRE presenté à son altesse royale M. le Duc d'Orleans, regent du royaume de France: concernant la precieuse plante du Ginseng de Tartarie, découverte en Canada, par le P. Joseph François Lafitau, de la compagnie. de Jésus, missionaire des Iroquois du Sault Saint Louis. 12mo. Paris. 3 RELATION de divers voyages faits dans l'Afrique, dans l'Amerique, et aux Indes Occidentales, &c. Par le Sieur Dralsé de Grandpierre. 12mo. Paris. MDCCXIX. 1 MR. JOUTEL'S JOURNAL of his voyage to Mexico: his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada: his account of the great river Missasipi. To which is added a map of that country; with a description of the great water-falls in the river Misouris. Translated from the French publish'd at Paris. London. 8vo. The edition of 1714 with a new title-page. 2 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the province of New-York, from 1691 to 1718. Folio. London. The first collection of the laws of New York was printed there by William Bradford in 1694, a second in 1710, and a third in 1719. The present, probably copied from the last, was, according to Trott, printed by order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantation. 3 RELACION de la sorprecha hecha por los Franceses de la Movila en el Castillo de San Carlos, y punta de Siguenza; y su restauracion por las armas de S. M. el dia 7 de Agosto deste año de 1719. Mexico. Small 4to. pp. 8. MDCCXX. 1 THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, containing an impartial account London. Reprinted in 1747. Gov. Hutchinson says that this work is little more 1720. 2 AN ACCOUNT of the foundation and establishment of a design 4to. pp. 8. London. 3 A DESCRIPTION of the Golden Islands, with an account of the undertaking now on foot for making a settlement there: 8vo. pp. 45. London. Relates to the project of Sir Robert Montgomery. (See 1717.) 4 SOME CONSIDERATIONS on the consequences of the French settling colonies on the Mississippi, with respect to the trade and safety of the English plantations in America and the West Indies. From a gentleman in America to his friend in London. 8vo. map. London. Written in consequence of the establishment of the French Missisippi 5 *A FULL AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT of the Company of Missis- 8vo. London. 6 A COLLECTION of several pieces of Mr. John Locke, never before printed, or not extant in his works. Publish'd by the author of the Life of the ever-memorable Mr. John Hales, &c. 8vo. London. This volume contains the "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina." Some copies of this same edition are without any date on the title-page. 1720. against Canada, which sailed from Boston, N. E. in the summer of 1711; but which proved a complete failure, owing, it was said, to the unskilfulness of the pilots, by which eight ships and nearly a thousand men were lost in the river St. Lawrence. Great blame was attached to Sir Hovenden, and he published this account in his own vindication. See Nichols' Lit. Anec. I. p. 178. 8 RELATIONS de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississippi. Ou l'on voit l'etat de ce grand pays et les avantages qu'il peut produire, &c. 12mo. Amsterdam. This volume is dedicated to the celebrated Law; its contents are the same as the fifth volume of Bernard's Collection, 1715. 9 RECUEIL D'ARRESTS et autres pieces pour l'etablissement de la Compagnie d'Occident.-Relation de la Baie de Hudson.— Les navigations de Frobisher au detroit qui porte son nom. 12mo. Amsterdam. Part of this volume corresponds to the fifth volume of Bernard's Collection of 1715; but the Recueil d'Arrests, &c. is not contained in that edition. It is a collection of documents relating to the far-famed Company of the West, better known as the Mississippi Company, of which Law was the projector. -10 VOYAGE DE MARSEILLE À LIMA et dans les autres lieux des Indes Occidentales. Avec une exacte description de ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable tant pour la geographie, que pour les mœurs, les coûtumes, le commerce, le gouvernement, et la religion des peuples; avec des notes et des figures en taille douce. Par le Sieur D***. Paris. 12mo. The dedication is signed " Durrett," who says he prepared the work for the press, from the relations of a surgeon of the name of Bachelier. Father Labat, however, says that the work was entirely composed by Durrett, from the relations of Feuille, with the addition of extracts from various other authors, without any acknowledgment. 11 PROYECTO PARA GALEONES y Flotas del Peru y Nueva España y para Navios de Registro, y avisos, que navegaren à ambos Reynos. Cadiz. Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXXI. 1 A DEFENCE of the New England charters. By Jer. Dummer. Pulchrum est Patriæ benefacere, etiam benedicere haud absurdum est. Sallust. London. 8vo. pp. 60. Dummer was the agent of Massachusetts in England, and a distinguished 1721.. 2 INDIA CHRISTIANA. A discourse delivered unto the commis- Folio. London. A scarce and valuable collection, in the preface to which is given an account of all the different collections of colonial laws which had been printed at the time. All those relating to ecclesiastical affairs which had not been printed were transcribed from the copies sent out to the Plantation office, or taken from other authentic sources. 4 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Barbadoes from 1648 to 1718. Folio. London. 5 THE SEVERAL REPORTS of the Committee of Secrecy to the Honourable House of Commons relating to the South Sea Directors, &c. London. 6 PROCEEDINGS of the House of Lords in relation to the late Directors of the South Sea Company and others; with the Reports of their Lordships on the said proceedings: to which is added, the conference with the Commons relating to Mr. Aislabie and Mr. Craggs, with their Lordships' proceedings thereupon. London. Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXXII. 1 A DESCRIPTION of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missisipi, the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent. Together with an account of the commodities, of 1722. the growth and production of the said province. And a preface, containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements there. By Daniel Coxe, esq. 8vo. map. London. A crude performance, drawn up from various journals and voyages, to impress the public with the great importance of the region described, and to make them jealous of its occupation by the French. Under the name of Carolana was comprehended the present state of Georgia, the two Floridas and Louisiana; and this whole territory was claimed by Dr. Coxe, the father of the author, as proprietor of it under the crown. North Am. Rev. 2, p. 1. Republished in 1727 and 1741. 2 THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, in four parts, &c. See 1705. The second edition, revised and enlarged by the Author. 8vo. pp. 284, 15 plates. London. Dr. Allen says that this work, in the historical part, is as concise and unsatisfactory as that of Stith is prolix and tedious. Am. Biog. 3 A GENERAL SURVEY of that part of the island of St. Christo pher's which formerly belonged to France; and was yielded up to Great Britain for ever by the late treaty of Utrecht: together with an estimate of the value of those lands, and a proposal and scheme for raising a very considerable sum of money, for the use of the publick, on the produce thereof, &c. In a letter to M. R., Esq. a member of the honourable House of Commons. By Mr. R. M., S. B. London. 8vo. pp. 48. 4 *A VINDICATION of the ministers of Boston from the abuses 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 VOYAGES DE FRANÇOIS COREAL aux Indes occidentales, conte- 6 Amsterdam. nouvelle edition, corrigée et augmentée d'une nouvelle decouverte des Indes Meridionales et des terres Australe, enrichies de figures. Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. |