[Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] Fine group of three continental editions of the author's French translation of his popular description of life in America, as follows: Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain. Paris: chez Cuchet, 1784. 2 volumes, 8vo (8 x 5 in.; 203 x 127 mm.); some marginal soiling and a few tiny spots. Modern half-calf, spine gilt, red edges; corners torn. Howes C883; Sabin 17494. — Maestricht: chez J.E. Dufour & Phil. Roux, 1785. 2 volumes, 8vo (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm), half-titles. Old tan speckled boards, gilt-stamped title label on spine. — Paris: chez Cuchet, 1787. 3 volumes, 8vo (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 196 x 124 mm), engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved folding maps of the United States, the Middle Atlantic States, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and of the Grand Castor River, 3 engraved plates (two in first vol, and 1 in third), errata leaf at end of each volume; some marginal spotting. Contemporary polished tree calf, gilt roll-tooled borders, dentelles, yellow silk place holder, marbled edges; rebacked, edges and corners mended. The most complete of all editions. Sabin 17495. In all, seven volumes.
[Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] Fine group of three continental editions of the author's French translation of his popular description of life in America, as follows: Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain. Paris: chez Cuchet, 1784. 2 volumes, 8vo (8 x 5 in.; 203 x 127 mm.); some marginal soiling and a few tiny spots. Modern half-calf, spine gilt, red edges; corners torn. Howes C883; Sabin 17494. — Maestricht: chez J.E. Dufour & Phil. Roux, 1785. 2 volumes, 8vo (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm), half-titles. Old tan speckled boards, gilt-stamped title label on spine. — Paris: chez Cuchet, 1787. 3 volumes, 8vo (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 196 x 124 mm), engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved folding maps of the United States, the Middle Atlantic States, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and of the Grand Castor River, 3 engraved plates (two in first vol, and 1 in third), errata leaf at end of each volume; some marginal spotting. Contemporary polished tree calf, gilt roll-tooled borders, dentelles, yellow silk place holder, marbled edges; rebacked, edges and corners mended. The most complete of all editions. Sabin 17495. In all, seven volumes.
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