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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Top edge gilt. Book is clean and bright. Exlibris bookplate to front pastedown. Some wear to slipcase edges and spine. ; 8vo ; 272 pages.
Published by Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, [, 1964
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Bump at top edge of front cover; extremities slightly worn; small marginal stain on p. 453; outside margin bumped on a few early pages; otherwise very good condition in partially sun-faded and edge-worn dust jacket. ]. 619p.
Published by Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, [, 1964
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ann Arbor, 1964; blue cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; illustrated jacket with mild edge and corner wear and inside foxed; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; notations early; edges foxed; 619 pages.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 1964
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by University of Michigan Press
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
Published by University of Michigan, 1964
Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Dust jacket is edge chipped, torn and scuffed. Faded to spine; jacket covered with mylar. Boards are edge worn and scuffed. Foxed/yellowed to end pages. 619 pp.
Published by University of Michigan December 1963, 1963
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust stains on text edges. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
Published by Adamant Media Corporation, 2001
ISBN 10: 0543903087ISBN 13: 9780543903082
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Published by University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1964
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 619 pages. Blue cloth. Dust jacket price clipped with light wear, rubbing to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607949.
Published by The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1964
Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. Pp: xviii + 619. Titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w tables. Blue cloth bds. w/ some stains. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Translated by Clarissa Spencer Bostelmann. A recount of Crevecoeur's early journ and somewhat fictionalized adventures on the American frontier. Three volumes in one, each volume includes notes. This is an expanded version of Letters from an American Farmer, first published in 1782 and then published in its French language edition in 1787.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 423 Language: French.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 1964
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback book (619 pages)translated from the French by Clarissa Spencer Bostelmann. The fascinating story of an 18th century Frenchman who lived and traveled in America for 27 years. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve shows moderate rubbing/scuffing - small light smudge on fore edge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-12-L) rareviewbooks.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1784 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 462 Volume 1 Language: French.
Published by University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1964
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New & Revised Edition. Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.
Published by University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor MI, 1964
Seller: Gordian Booksellers, STATEN ISLAND, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. NOT EX-LIBRARY. Never read, no marks. Shipped promptly from New York. We make every effort to describe our books accurately but your satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed! Any questions answered immediately. 619 pages.
Published by University of Michigan Press, USA, 1964
Seller: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Germany
gr 8°, Lwd. m. OSU., 619 S. - Schutzumschlag leicht bereiben. Gutes Exemplar / Dustjacket lightly rubbed. Good copy. Buch.
Published by MARADAN, Paris, 1801
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
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Half-Leather. Condition: Good. Volume 2 only ( out of 3 Volumes published. No Maps or illustrations. French text. Interesting work, the fruits of 24 years work, largely devoted to the Pennsylvania Frontier Indians. Contents include: Cherokee Tradition; Niagara; Lake Ontario; Chippewa; Lake Superior; Virginia, New Haven, New York. Contemporary Brown Half-Leather Binding with Marbled paper-covered Boards and small Leather corners. Spine divided into compartments with Gilt Decoration. Gilt Lettering & Vol. No on Maroon leather grounds in 2nd & 4th compartments, with Gilt Decoration filling the others. Sommaires des Chapitres xiii pages, main Text 454 pages. 8 1/4" Tall, 480g. Split to leather all down left side of spine, but rear board still attached at the bottom. 2 small splits on right side at top & bottom of spine ( about 3/4" long ). Also a few very small holes in the leather on right side of spine. Some rubbing to boards. Corners worn. Small label, dated 1842 on endpaper. No inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by J.E. Dufour & Phil. Roux, Maastricht, 1785
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Two volumes. xxiv,457,[1]; [4],431,[1]pp. Half title in each volume. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Spines and covers worn, front board of first volume detached. Bookplate of Caspar Joseph von Weber on front pastedown of first volume, Weber's ownership signature on each half title. Manuscript annotation on verso of front free endpaper in first volume identifying Crèvecoeur as author of the work. Internally clean. A good copy. The third edition in French, following the first London edition of 1782, with additional material included. Crèvecoeur came to America during the French and Indian War and served with the French forces. Afterwards, he settled in the British colonies, becoming a farmer. This work, which describes his experiences in America, is justly famous for its vivid picture of a colonial world slipping into the chaos of war, revolution, and nationhood. Two of the essays, "What is an American?" and "Distresses of a Frontier Man," particularly address the confusion of the times. Crèvecoeur gives a negative assessment of slavery in his section on South Carolina, and one of the "letters" is written from Culpeper County, Virginia. There is also much on the natural history of British North America, and ethnographic information on American Indians. "As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century" - Howes. Certainly one of the chief works of colonial literature, and one of the most important observations on America during the era of the Revolution. HOWES C883. SABIN 17494 (1784 and 1785 Paris eds). CLARK I:218. DAB IV, pp.542-44.
Published by Chez Cuchet, Paris, 1784
Seller: Librairie Michel Morisset, (CLAQ, ABAC, ILAB), Magog, QC, Canada
Book First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. 20 cm.12mo, xxiv, 422, (2) (table), pp. (2), 400 (2) (table), in vol. 1, p. 223 is mispaginated 123, woodcut head-pieces, early nineteeth-century sprinkled calf, bindings very rubbed, but tight and secure, marbled endpapers, small neat contemporairy signature on titles, but for a few spots of foxing, the text is remarkably clean overall a very good set, complete with half-title in vol II (none called for in vol I) and the 4-pp. Àvertissement et Errata. Première édition en français. First French edition. Howes C883, Sabin 17494, Monaghan 502. Crèvecoeur travelled about North America for many years, settling finally in Pennsylvania about 1769, and remaining ithe United States until 1790, with a hiatus from 1780-1783, when he returned to France. He sought to improve commercial relations between France and the United States when he was consul in New York, and was responsible for among other things, the introduction of alfalfa into America, and of the North American potato into northern France. This work gives remarkable insight into the rural life of North Americe at that periode, and encouraged Europeans to emigrate to the United States to work the land.
Published by Chez Cuchet, Paris, 1784
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Two volumes. xxiv,[iv],422,[2]; [4],iv,400,[2]pp. Half title in second volume. Contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt. Boards and outer joints with instances of moderate wear. Occasional minor foxing, light dampstaining in upper corner of final sixty pages of second volume. A very good set. The first French edition, first issue, following the first London printing of 1782. This first issue contains errata leaves not found in the second issue, and is printed on different paper and contains different ornaments on the titlepage and chapter heads. The pagination of the second volume also differs from that of the second issue. When creating this French edition, Crèvecoeur did not merely translate the London edition; he substantially rewrote it, adding a second volume, and changing the identity of the narrator from the farmer, "James," to a person more readily identifiable as Crèvecoeur himself. It is also more pro- American and anti-British in tone than is the London printing. Crèvecoeur came to America during the French and Indian War and served with the French forces. Afterwards he settled in the British colonies, becoming a farmer. This work, which describes his experiences in America, is justly famous for its vivid picture of a colonial world slipping into the chaos of war, revolution, and nationhood. Two of the essays, "What is an American?" and "Distresses of a Frontier Man," particularly address the confusion of the times. Crèvecoeur gives a negative assessment of slavery in his section on South Carolina, and one of the "letters" is written from Culpeper County, Virginia. There is also much on the natural history of British North America, and ethnographic information on American Indians. "As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century" - Howes. 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. HOWES C883. CLARK I:218. MONAGHAN 502. DAB IV, pp.542-44. SABIN 17496. MEISEL III, p.352.
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 2 volumes, À Paris, chez Cuchet, 1784, in-8, 2 volumes, XXIV-III-[1]-422-[2] + [4]-IV-400-[2] pp, Demi-basane marbrée de l'époque, dos lisses et fleuronnés, pièces de titre fauve, tomaisons noires, Première édition française, dédiée au marquis de La Fayette, des Letters from an American Farmer, publiées à l'origine en 1782 à Londres sous le nom de plume de l'auteur, J. Hector St. John. Ce grand classique de la littérature américaniste contient notamment un passage éloquent et célèbre qui tente de définir l'identité américaine (t. II, p. 276 et suiv de la présente édition) : "Qu'est-ce donc que cet Américain, ce nouvel homme parmi les nations de la terre ? Il est Européen né, ou le descendant d'un Européen. De là ce mélange étonnant de sang & de nations, que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs sur la surface de ce globe (.). L'Américain est l'homme qui, après avoir été adopté par notre mère patrie, abandonne la plupart de ses anciens préjugés, qui devenu sensible à son bonheur, remplit son coeur de reconnaissance envers Dieu, envers sa patrie adoptive, qui devient actif & laborieux ; tel est le véritable Américain (.) Ici, les individus de toutes les nations sont fondus dans une nouvelle race, dont les travaux & la postérité produiront un jour des changements merveilleux dans le monde. Les Américains sont les pèlerins qui portent vers l'ouest cette grande masse d'art, d'énergie, de force & d'industrie, qui naquit avec l'homme des plaines de l'orient. Par eux finira le grand siècle". Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813), né à Caen, vécut en Grande Bretagne jusqu'en 1754 ; il se rendit en Nouvelle France où il aurait été cartographe et géomètre auprès de Montcalm. Après la chute de Québec, il démissionna des rangs de l'armée française pour rejoindre la région des Grands Lacs: il devint sujet britannique en 1764 et il fit l'acquisition d'une grande ferme dans le comté d'Orange, colonie de New York. Il fut un témoin capital de la guerre d'Indépendance américaine. Il publia ses Lettres de retour en Europe et les traduisit lui-même en français. L'ouvrage contient des articles intéressants sur Washington, Franklin, La Fayette, sur les moeurs des américains, sur la guerre d'Indépendance, ainsi que de nombreuses anecdotes "curieuses" sur les personnages qui ont joué un rôle dans cette guerre (Chadenat). Il a souvent été considéré comme le panégyrique d'une société de cultivateurs industrieux et autonomes: pourtant, l'auteur, à travers James, son personnage de fermier-narrateur, ne cache pas son horreur de l'esclavage, qui compromet fortement une vision par ailleurs idéaliste. De même, il est réputé pour avoir fait l'apologie de la rébellion américaine, alors qu'il a tenté de présenter un tableau équilibré, en mentionnant les crimes tant des patriotes que des loyalistes. Une nouvelle édition française, augmentée, a été publiée en 1787. Frottements sur les plats. Bon exemplaire, intérieur très frais. Chadenat, n° 6417. Sabin V n° 17494.
Published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1793
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
240pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, original morocco label. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some light foxing and soiling. Very good. The first American edition, based on the first London edition of 1782. Crèvecoeur came to America during the French and Indian War and served with the French forces. Afterwards he settled in the British colonies, becoming a farmer. This work, which describes his experiences in America, is justly famous for its vivid picture of a colonial world slipping into the chaos of war, revolution, and nationhood. Two of the essays, "What is an American?" and "Distresses of a Frontier Man," particularly address the confusion of those times. Four of the twelve "letters" are about Nantucket and one about Martha's Vineyard and the whale fishery. Throughout, there is much information on the natural history of British North America, and ethnographic information on American Indians is also provided. "As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century" - Howes. Certainly one of the chief works of literature, and one of the most important observations on America during the era of the Revolution. CLARK 1:218. HOWES C883. SABIN 17496. VAIL 936. DAB IV, pp.542-44. EVANS 25357. MONAGHAN 499. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 793/17. MEISEL III, p.352 STREETER SALE 711 (1st ed). REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 70 (ref).
[CREVECOEUR, Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de]. Lettres d'un Cultivateur Americain.1770-1781. Paris: Cuchet, 1784. 1st French edition, with additions. Two vols. (32), 422, (2); (8), 400, (2)pp. A very good copy in orig. boards in cloth-folding box. Howes C-883. "Description of American life of great influence in attracting European immigration in the post-revolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the 18th century.".
Published by Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hôtel Serpente, A Paris, 1784
Quarter-Calf. Condition: Fine. First Edition in French, First Issue (with errata, not found in second issue) of the author's free translation (adding a second volume) of his Letters from an American Farmer, "as literature, unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century." (Howes) Complete in two octavo volumes: xxiv,iv,422,[2]; [4],iv,400,[2]pp, with head and tail pieces. Half title in second volume. Contemporary tan quarter calf, smooth spines in six compartments divided by wide gilt rolls, citron and blue goat skin labels gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled edges, vellum tips. A remarkably attractive set, securely bound, spine gilt bright, pages fresh and free of foxing with ample margins. Howes C 883. Sabin 17494. Monaghan 502. DAB IV, pp. 542-44. Clark I, 218(4). First published in London, in English, in 1782. Crèvecoeur served in the French and Indian War as a surveyor in the French colonial militia. Following the British defeat of the French in 1759, he became a naturalized citizenship of New York, adopted the name John Hector St. John, and began farming in Orange County, meanwhile observing the emergence of an American society. This French edition is a substantial rewrite of the English version, and more pro-American and anti-British in tone. Crèvecoeur's essays (including those on Nantucket and on Martha's Vineyard and the whale fishery), describing the scenery, customs, and manners of the colonies just then slipping into the chaos of revolution, as well as the New World's natural history and the ethnography of its native populations, were enormously popular in both England and France, where they were reprinted many times, and in Holland and Germany, playing a major role in attracting Europeans to settle in America. Letter IX, containing his description of a caged slave up in a tree, dying while tortured by insects and birds of prey, is a riveting indictment of slavery. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by Paris, Paris, 1801
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Original 1/4 calf with morocco spine labels. 15 engraved maps and plate, including 2 large maps of the United States (northern and southernsections), 2 superb folding plates of Niagara Falls, and more. Sabin 17501: "Though called a translation, this is believed to be an origianl work by M. de Crevecouer, whose initials only appear at the end of the dedication to Washington. The author spent nearly a quarter of a century in America, saw Washington, in 1774 come to the first Congress fresh from his farm, witnessed his extraordinary career, and, in 1797, saw him retire to the private life of an agriculturalist. His experience, therefore, enables him to give much information and personal gossip not readily found elsewhere, The portrait of Washington in the first volume is an interesting one, "Grave de'apres le Camee peint par Madame Brehan a Newyork en 1789" There is also a fine portrait of Kesketomah, an Onondagua savhem, and of Koohassen, an Oneida warrior. "This work is distinguised by its valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests." Dow, Niagara Falls page I:69; Field 388; Howes C884; Monaghan, French Travellers 503.
De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet. A Paris, Chez Maradan, An IX - 1801. Frontispiece, two plates, one folding plate, one folding map (vol. 1); four folding maps (vol. 2); four folding tables, two folding maps (vol. 3). Three volumes. xxi, [1, errata], 427, [1] pp.; xiii, [1, errata], 434 pp.; xii, 409, [1, errata] pp. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, green morocco labels with gilt lettering, a very attractive copy. Echeverria & Wilkie, 801/22; Fay, p. 40; Monaghan 503; Sabin 17501. The scarce first edition of this little-known work by Crèvecoeur, which was not translated into English until the 1960s. It is of course not a translation but an original work by Crèvecoeur. Crèvecoeur was of noble birth and first came to America in 1754. He served in Canada during the Seven Years' War, travelled widely throughout the Great Lakes and Ohio regions and American colonies, and finally settled on a farm near the frontier in Orange County, NY. He became an American citizen in 1764, and he served as French consul in New York from 1783 to 1790. His "letters of an American Farmer," published in English in 1782, made him an instant celebrity in Europe and the book was the first best-seller by an American author in Europe."Crèvecoeur spent nearly a quarter of a century in America, saw Washington, in 1774, come to the first Congress fresh from his farm, witnessed his extraordinary career, and, in 1797, saw him retire to the private life of an agriculturist. His experience, therefore, enables him to give much information and personal gossip not readily found elsewhere. (.) This work is distinguished by its details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Monthly Review, quoted in Sabin).The work furthermore provides information on central New York, Niagra Falls, deals with (new settlements in) Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, the two Carolina's and some discussion on Canada, there are observations on the flora and fauna, political history, the city of New York, the whole constituting a rich source on the 18th-century history of America.The frontispiecce is a portrait of George Washington, further portraits are of Kesketomah, an Ondondaga sachem, Koohassen, an Oneida warrior, a map entitled "Carte de la Partie Septentrionale des Etats-Unis", a map entitled "Plan de la Cataracte de Niagara et de l'Isthme qui separe les lacs Erie et Ontario", and a map entitled "Carte de la Partie Meridionale des Etats-Unis", a plate "Fortification des Anciens Indigenes" and a plate "Plan d'un Ancien Camp Retranché", two folding views of Niagara Falls, plus some tables both in- and outside text. - A very nice copy of a scarce and interesting work.
Published by Cuchet, 1787
Seller: Librairie Voyage et Exploration, Cerny, France
Book
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 2ème Édition. A Paris, chez Cuchet, 1787. 3 volumes in-8, veau teinté vert de l époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin rouge, tranches jaspées , menus défauts d usage, 2 planches un peu brunies et qq. rouss. au vol.2). 4ff.-xxxii-478pp-3ff., 3ff.-438pp.-5ff., 2ff.-592pp-2ff. Édition la plus complète de ce classique de la littérature américaniste, avec le tome III en grande partie originale, le récit est livré sous forme de lettres et anecdotes de ornée d'un frontispice, 3 titres gravés, 3 planches dont une dépliante, et 5 cartes dépliantes gravées par Pierre François Tardieu dont la Carte Générale des États de Virginie, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvanie, . . Il s'agit d'une version mise à jour de la carte rare rédigée par Lewis Evans, initialement publiée en 1755 , la Carte De L'Ile De Nantucket l une des premières cartes de l île , la Carte de l'Île de Martha's Vineyard avec ses Dépendances. une carte des plus anciennes et désirables de Martha's Vineyard. La Carte Générale des États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale. . Une carte peu commune des premiers États-Unis et la première carte imprimée avec nom de Frankland , aussi connue sous le nom de Franklinia, elle est montrée ici juste à l'ouest de la frontière de la Caroline du Nord .En 1785, les colons de l'ouest de la Caroline du Nord et de ce qui allait devenir l'est du Tennessee ont organisé un gouvernement d'État qui sera nommé en l'honneur de Benjamin Franklin. Le Congrès a rejeté leur appel, mais l'État a maintenu une législature et un gouverneur jusqu'en 1788. Cet état éphémère n'apparaît que sur un petit nombre de cartes. Le 14e état du Vermont est nommé et noté dans la légende à droite, avec une mention en français qu'il n'était "pas encore accepté dans la confédération". SAINT-JOHN DE CRÊVECOEUR (1735-1813) naquit à Caen dans une famille de petite noblesse. Il servit au Canada de 1755 à 1759 comme cartographe dans les armées françaises, engagées contre les Anglais dans la guerre de Sept Ans, puis exerça divers métiers avant de se fixer en 1760 comme fermier dans le comté d'Orange (État de New York): il fut naturalisé citoyen britannique en 1765 sous le nom de J. Hector Saint-John de Crêvecoeur, et par ailleurs accepté dans la tribu des Oneida en 1766. Second French Edition and considered the "best French edition" and "most complete of all editions" (Howes). The present edition is also "greatly enlarged, the whole of the third volume being added" (Sabin) , complete of maps , plates and titles. First published in English in 1782, Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer was one of the first works to explain a version of a unified American identity through descriptions of American frontier life to Europeans life in rather than comparing the identifies of each colony. Sabin 17495.
Published by Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung, 1802, 1802
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo., (7 6/8 x 5 inches). 2 fine engraved portraits of prominent local native Americans. Contemporary light orange speckled boards (extremities scuffed). Provenance: with the small library label of Wolfgang A. Herz, his sale "Important Voyages and Travels", 9th December 2009, lot 207. "No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Sabin). First German edition, being volume 23 of the "Magazin von merkwurdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen", first published in Paris in 1801. A classic American narrative. After installing himself on a farm in Orange County, New York following the French and Indian War, the French-born Crevecoeur began writing about America. His "Letters of An American Farmer" became the first "best-seller" in Europe by an American, and forged an American identity in the minds of Europeans, and in a large part helped to begin the mythology of the American Dream. However, by the time he wrote the present title, dedicated to George Washington, he had been largely forgotten about, and the book was generally ignored. "This work is distinguished by its valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests." Sabin 17502. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
Published by Paris. De L'Imprimerie De Crapelet, Chez Maradan. 1801, 1801
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
21cm, the first edition, in 3 volumes, xvii,427 & 434 & 409,[1],(errata),pp., frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 4 folding plates, 2 portrait plates, 4 folding tables, bound in crimson morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles, gilt ruled raised bands, marbled endpapers, faint stain on the bottom of a few pages in volume 3, a very good to fine attractively bound copy. (cgc). Howes C 884; Sabin 17502; Monaghan 503; "No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests. This work is distinguished by its valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance." (Sabin 17502).
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 2 volumes in-8 (198 x 124 mm)de XXIV, IV, 422 pp.ch., 1 f.n.ch. pour le premier volume ; 2 ff.n.ch., IV, 400 pp.ch., 1 f.n.ch. pour le second. Veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs, compartiments ornés de fleurons et petits fers, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et olive, filet à froid encadrant les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Sabin, 17496 ; Howes, C883 ; Monaghan, 502 ; INED, p. 561. Édition originale en français. Exemplaire de premier tirage, avec les errata. L'une des meilleures descriptions de l'Amérique au début de l'Indépendance, avec des considérations sur les m urs, les migrations, l'esclavage, etc. "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). L'ouvrage avait d'abord paru à Londres, en anglais, en 1784. Pour cette première édition française, l'auteur-traducteur a considérablement modifié son texte, l'augmentant d'un volume et renforçant sa tonalité pro-américaine et anti-britannique. "On y trouve des indications concrètes sur la vie des fermiers, sur la dureté des contacts avec les Indiens, sur les craintes suscitées par la révolution américaine dans des régions éloignées et peu sûres, aussi bien que sur la chasse à la baleine dans l'île de Nantucket, sur les serpents et les oiseaux-mouches. La rudesse, dont Crèvecoeur fit lui-même l'expérience, est volontairement gommée pour donner une image plus idyllique des m urs américaines. Mais, au-delà de ces tableaux champêtres, Crèvecoeur a eu l'intuition que du sol américain naissait un être nouveau. Les Lettres ont véhiculé l'American dream, exalté la marche vers l'Ouest et popularisé, sans le nommer, le melting-pot, le creuset dans lequel se forme l'Américain, idée promise ultérieurement à un grand succès" (Dictionnaire des uvres). Bel exemplaire, agréablement relié à l'époque ; quelques faibles rousseurs. Ex-libris "Bibliothèque du château d'Oberhofen", avec cote et emplacement à l'encre brune.(inv 12042).