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[AMERICANA] - TALBOT (Edward-Allen)
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[AMERICANA] - TALBOT (Edward-Allen)
Paris, Boulland et Cie, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
[AMERICANA] - TALBOT (Edward-Allen)
Paris, Boulland et Cie, 1825.
Five years of residence in Canada.
3 volumes in 2 vol. in-8 (19,7 × 12 cm), half havana calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt and cold patterns, marbled edges (period bindings).
First French edition of this account of the author's family trip across America and Canada.
It consists of thematic letters and is illustrated with 2 maps, a plan and 6 plates engraved in aquatint by Tardieu: Niagara Falls, house, view of Quebec...
Provenance
M. de Gaudechart (19th century bookplate).
ATTACHMENTS
- DOMENECH (Abbé). Voyage pittoresque dans les grands déserts du nouveau monde. Paris, Morizot, 1862. In-8 (26.5 × 16.5 cm), brown chagrin, wide gilt decoration, ornate spine, marbled edges (period binding).
First edition illustrated with 40 plates out of text in colour or sepia.
Slight rubbing. Some foxing.
- CHEVALIER (Michel). Letters on North America. Paris, Charles Gosselin et Cie, 1836. 2 vol. in-8, untrimmed paperback.
First edition, illustrated with a large lithographed fold-out map.
Freckles, some sections uniformly browned.
Bibliography
1. Sabin, no. 94228. Chadenat, no. 1208.
2. Sabin, n° 20555. Chadenat, n° 3198.
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