Hector John Crevecoeur Michel Guillaume (8 results)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IV, 502 pp.Only copy located of the first and only edition of the Dutch translation of Voyage dans la haute Pennsylvanie et dans l'état de New York, par un membre adoptif de la nation Onéida (Paris 1801). The voyage, or rather history and description of North America by Crèvecoeur suggests that the work was a translation from the papers of an adopted member of the Onéida tribe. The author, a French agronome and economist, spent about a quarter of a century in the United States and had closely followed and admired Washington's career.The title erroneously attributes the journey to François-André Michaux, while in fact it was Michel Guillaume Jean Crèvecoeur (John Hector St. John). This Dutch edition was published with the same map and 2 of the 3 plates of the first and only French edition. The title states that there should be thee volumes. However, only the first volume was ever published, the intended other two volumes were never realized. The map shows the north eastern part of the United States: from the Great Lakes to Maine to Pennsylvania. With New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, the Atlantic Ocean and the border of Canada at Montreal etc.Slightly foxed, folding map a bit more on the folds.l Not in NCC, Worldcat; Saakes IV, p. 196; cf. Sabin 17501; Cox II, p. 155.

4 volumes: 3 volumes, text, 8vo., (9 x 6 inches). Half titles (a bit spotted). Later half black morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt (extremities a bit worn). Atlas, folio (19 x 12 4/8 inches).Engraved portrait of George Washington, portraits of Kesketomah and Koohassen, fine folding engraved maps "Carte de la Partie Septentrionale des Etats-Unis", "Carte de la Partie Meridionale des Etats-Unis" with original hand-colour in full, folding map of Niagara, and a fort on the Ohio, 2 folding views of Niagara and 2 full-page plates edges a bit frayed). Original blue paper wrappers (wrinkled, edges frayed); preserved in a modern black morocco backed clamshell box to match the text volumes. Provenance: with the ink library stamp of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C. on the half titles; with the small library labels of Arthur T. Hamlin, librarian at the University of Cincinnati between 1956 and 1958, on the front paste-down of each text volume. "HIS VERACITY MAY BE RELIED ON. AND YOU WILL BE EASILY ABLE TO SEPARATE FROM THEM HIS REFLECTIONS" (Jefferson) First edition, WITH THE PLATES AND MAPS BOUND SEPARATELY AND ON LARGE PAPER. "No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Sabin). 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.

3 volumes. 8vo., xvii, 427; 434; 409 (1) pp. (errata). 11 engraved plates, both views and maps, of which 7 are folding (light dampstaining throughout the lower third of the textblock in the second volume, otherwise the text is clean and bright). Original blue paper wrappers (lightly worn, but still vivid and attractive, with some skilful repairs to the spine); preserved in a modern blue cloth, gilt slipcase and chemises. "HIS VERACITY MAY BE RELIED ON. AND YOU WILL BE EASILY ABLE TO SEPARATE FROM THEM HIS REFLECTIONS" (Jefferson) First edition. "No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests" (Sabin). 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).