Sabin, 17496 ; Howes, C883 ; Monaghan, 502 ; INED, p. 561.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition in French. First issue, with errata.<\/p>\n
One of the best descriptions of America at the beginning of Independence, with considerations on customs, migration, slavery, etc.<\/p>\n
“Certainly one of the chief works of literature, in an edition quite different than its London predecessor, and one of the most important observations on America during the era of the Revolution” (William Reese).<\/p>\n
The work was first published in London, in English, in 1782. For this first French edition, the author-translator considerably modified the text, increasing it by one volume and reinforcing its pro-American and anti-British tone.<\/p>\n
“On y trouve des indications concr\u00e8tes sur la vie des fermiers, sur la duret\u00e9 des contacts avec les Indiens, sur les craintes suscit\u00e9es par la r\u00e9volution am\u00e9ricaine dans des r\u00e9gions \u00e9loign\u00e9es et peu s\u00fbres, aussi bien que sur la chasse \u00e0 la baleine dans l’\u00eele de Nantucket, sur les serpents et les oiseaux-mouches. La rudesse, dont Cr\u00e8vecoeur fit lui-m\u00eame l’exp\u00e9rience, est volontairement gomm\u00e9e pour donner une image plus idyllique des moeurs am\u00e9ricaines. Mais, au-del\u00e0 de ces tableaux champ\u00eatres, Cr\u00e8vecoeur a eu l’intuition que du sol am\u00e9ricain naissait un \u00eatre nouveau… Les Lettres <\/i>ont v\u00e9hicul\u00e9 l’American dream, exalt\u00e9 la marche vers l’Ouest et popularis\u00e9, sans le nommer, le melting-pot, le creuset dans lequel se forme l’Am\u00e9ricain, id\u00e9e promise ult\u00e9rieurement \u00e0 un grand succ\u00e8s” (Dictionnaire des \u0153uvres).<\/p>\n
A fine copy, nicely bound; some light foxing.<\/p>\n
Bookplate “Biblioth\u00e8que du ch\u00e2teau d’Oberhofen”, with reference number and location in brown ink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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