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8vo (195 x 119 mm) 2 nn.ll., XVI, 234 pp., 1 large engraved folding map. Contemporary mottled calf, covers with the gilt monogramm ‘LA’, flat spine gilt, red edges (expert restorarions to corners and spine).
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Sabin, 24338 (erroneously mention an aditional plate) ; Leclerc, 876 (exact collation).
First edition of the first French translation by Parraud. According to the title this book served as a sequel to the Letters from an American Farmer by John Crevecoeur.
“The translator has made some aditions ; but the map is often missing – being extracted for insertion as a substitute in the Wilmington edition” (Sabin).
It contains : 1. La découverte , l’acquisition, l’établissements la description topogrpahique, l’histoire naturelle etc. du territoire ; 2. La Relation historique du colonel Bon, un des premiers colons, sur les guerres contre les naturels ; 3. L’Assemblée de Piankashaws au poste Saint-Vincent ; 4. Un exposé succinct des nations indiennes qui habitent dans les limites des Treize États Unis, de leurs mœurs & coutumes, & des réflexions sur leur origine.
This copy is complete with the rare map “Carte de Kentucke”, engraved by André.
Map slightly toned, else a fine copy.
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