Etat-present de la Louisiane, avec toutes les particularités de cette province d'Amerique.... The Hague: Frederic Staatman, 1776. xiv, [15]-147, [2 table] pp. Period marbled wrappers. Custom morocco-backed clamshell box. Minor dampstain to wrappers and title, backstrip reinforces. SECOND EDITION OF THIS RARE AND VALUABLE ACCOUNT OF THE 1768 ATTEMPTED COUP IN NEW ORLEANS. "An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French citizens of Louisiana, inflicted on them by Alexander O'Reilly, the Spanish governor of the province at its transfer from France to Spain after the Seven Years War" (Streeter). O'Reilly, a native Irishman, suppressed the French insurrection with a vengeance, implementing martial law and absolute Spanish authority. Champigny covers the period from the ceding of Louisiana to Spain in 1762 through 1771. This is the first edition under this title, but the work is not considered to differ in essentials from La Louisiane ensanglantée published in 1773. Howes C278 ("b"); Sabin 11824; Streeter sale 1569. Provenance: period ownership inscription on title of H.W. von der Asseburg; location marking on upper wrapper. Acquisition: purchased from William Reese Company, 2001, $5,000.
Etat-present de la Louisiane, avec toutes les particularités de cette province d'Amerique.... The Hague: Frederic Staatman, 1776. xiv, [15]-147, [2 table] pp. Period marbled wrappers. Custom morocco-backed clamshell box. Minor dampstain to wrappers and title, backstrip reinforces. SECOND EDITION OF THIS RARE AND VALUABLE ACCOUNT OF THE 1768 ATTEMPTED COUP IN NEW ORLEANS. "An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French citizens of Louisiana, inflicted on them by Alexander O'Reilly, the Spanish governor of the province at its transfer from France to Spain after the Seven Years War" (Streeter). O'Reilly, a native Irishman, suppressed the French insurrection with a vengeance, implementing martial law and absolute Spanish authority. Champigny covers the period from the ceding of Louisiana to Spain in 1762 through 1771. This is the first edition under this title, but the work is not considered to differ in essentials from La Louisiane ensanglantée published in 1773. Howes C278 ("b"); Sabin 11824; Streeter sale 1569. Provenance: period ownership inscription on title of H.W. von der Asseburg; location marking on upper wrapper. Acquisition: purchased from William Reese Company, 2001, $5,000.
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