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CHASTELLUX, François Jean Marquis de (1734-1788). Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1787.
CHASTELLUX, François Jean Marquis de (1734-1788). Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1787. 2 volumes, 8 o (195 x 114 mm). 2 engraved folding maps and three folding plates (second map backed with paper, some stains on plates). (Some occasional browning, a few occasional stains, footnote on D6 in vol. II misprinted with loss of some text.) Contemporary calf (joints repaired). Provenance : Alexander M. Nibbin (effaced signature on titles, his? occasional marginalia); Jane Henry (signature dated 1818 on front flyleaf). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Chastellux served as an officer under Rochambeau, under whom he travelled throughout New England and Pennsylvania, and was even a guest of Jefferson. His observations on life in the United States were very popular: before 1790, ten editions had been printed in three languages after the first edition in French of 1786. Sabin 12229; Howes C-324. [ Bound with: ] BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, Jacques-Pierre-(1754-1793). A Critical Examination of the Marquis de Chatellux's Travels in North America . Philadelphia: Joseph James 1788. 8 o. 89 pages. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Brissot takes great exception with Chastellux's treatment of the Quakers and endeavors to show that Chastellux's reflections on slavery and on the condition of mankind in general are unjust. Evans 20981; Sabin 8017. SCARCE. (2)