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[AMERICANA] - BOTTA (Charles) Paris, Dentu, 1812-1813...
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[AMERICANA] - BOTTA (Charles) Paris, Dentu, 1812-1813...
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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[AMERICANA] - BOTTA (Charles)
Paris, Dentu, 1812-1813...
History of the War of Independence of the United States of America. Translated from the Italian, and preceded by an introduction by L. de Sevelinges.
4 vol. in-8 (20 × 12.5 cm), green speckled calf, smooth spine decorated, red title-pieces (period binding).
Original French edition, translated from Italian by L. de Sevelinges.
It is illustrated with an engraved portrait of George Washington and 12 fold-out engraved maps.
Bindings rubbed, snags to the spines, worm gallery to two boards. Volume I, title-piece missing.
ATTACHMENTS
- SOULÈS (François). Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique anglaise. Paris, Buisson, 1787. 4 vol. in-8 (20 × 12 cm), fawn half-basin with small vellum corners, smooth ornamented spine, red title and green tomaison (contemporary binding).
First edition. Copy complete with fold-out watercolour plan of the siege of York; the 2 maps are missing.
Volumes I and I, tears to the spines. Small wormholes. Volume IV, angular restoration to the first 12 leaves.
Provenance
- Mme de Bélot, née de Barville and R. L. de Barville (two handwritten bookplates on the title).
- Comtesse de Lambertye, née Belot, 1859 (handwritten bookplate on one endpaper).
- LEVASSEUR (A.). Lafayette en Amérique en 1824 et 1825, ou Journal d'un voyage aux États-Unis. Paris, Librairie Baudoin, 1829. 2 vol. in-8 (20 × 12.5 cm), green half-maroquin, spine ribbed and decorated (Kaufman).
First edition of Levasseur's account of General Lafayette's triumphant return to the United States, fifty years after contributing to the victory of American independence. He travelled through New England and New York, then along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
It is illustrated with a map, 6 (of 8) portraits and 3 plates. Missing 2 portraits. Minor foxing. Spine darkened, binding stained.
Provenance
- Mr Cintrat (autograph signed letter from the author on the verso of the title).
- American Chamber of commerce in Paris, Franklin library, with bookplate.
Bibliography
1. Sabin, n° 6819. Chadenat, n° 5508, 6509.
3. Sabin, n° 40734.
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