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119. LIMITED TO 61 COPIES Bromme, Traugott. MISSISSIPPI A GEOGRAPHIC - SATISTIC - TOPOGRAPHIC SKETCH FOR IMMIGRANTS AND FRIENDS OF GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY.
Hattiesburg, Miss., 1942. 20 pp., frontis.

The first edition in English of a rare guide for German immigrants originally published in 1837. Bromme was the most extensive writer in German on the United States in the 1830's and 40's. This is an important work encouraging German immigration to the American South. Translated by Charles F. Heartman. The frontispiece is a facsimile of the title page of the original German edition. Original printed wrappers. Heartman's Historical Series, No. 64, limited to only 61 copies. A near fine copy.
$ 250.00

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