(#175337) TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator. François-Jean de Beauyvoir Chastellux, Marquis de.
TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator ...
TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator ...
TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator ...
TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator ...

TRAVELS IN NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, AND 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, MDCCLXXXVII [1787]. 20.8x12.5 cm (octavo), two volumes: pp. [i-iii] iv-vi [vii] viii-xv [xvi: blank] [1] 2-462; [i-iii] iv-xii [1] 2-432, three inserted folded plates, two inserted folded maps, contemporary tree calf, spine panel ruled and tooled in gold, goffered edges, red morocco title pieces and black morocco number pieces. First edition in English. A translation of VOYAGES DE M. LE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE DANS LES ANNÉES 1780, 1781 & 1782 that provides important observations of America by François-Jean de Chastellux (1734-1788), a French military commander and man of letters, first published in much abbreviated form in 1781, with the complete and authorized edition published in Paris in 1786. Chastellux first came to America in 1780, serving on the staff of the French General Rochambeau fighting against the British in the American Revolution. In this role, Chastellux worked closely with George Washington, forming a long-lasting friendship. This work is written as a daily journal of Chastellux’s participation in the Revolutionary war and his travels around the new nation, including visits to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Howes notes that "in its completed form constitutes the first trustworthy record of life in the United States." The two maps are of the eastern seaboard from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Cape May and Delaware Bay, and from Philadelphia to below the Chesapeake and westward to the Allegheny Mountains. The three plates depict the Natural Bridge in Virginia with which the author was particularly fascinated. Clark I:212 Howes C324. Sabin 12227. Light wear to calf, short tear in fore-edge margin of D8, internally sound and clean, plates and maps in excellent condition. A pleasing copy. (#175337).

Price: $1,850.00

Add to Cart Ask a Question Add to Wish List
Printing identification statement for this book:
"SECOND EDITION" on the title page of volume 2.