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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT, François-Alexandre Frédéric, duc de (1747-1837). Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796, et 1797. Paris: Du Pont, 1799.
8 volumes, 8o (200 x 124 mm). 3 engraved folding maps (some creasing at folds and edges) and folding tables. Contemporary red half roan, drab boards (some light rubbing). Provenance: Ecole Normale Jacques Cartier (inkstamps on title, pockets on rear endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. An important account of voyages in the United States and Canada during the last decade of the 18th century. La Rochefoucauld, a humanist, open to agricultural and industrial progress (he built a model farm and schools at Liancourt), emigrated to the United States during the French Revolution after his father was killed by a mob in 1793, and spent two years in North America between 1795 and 1797. He arrived at Philadelphia, traveled overland up to Upper Canada, and the second half of the first as well as the whole second volume are devoted to his stay there. The third volume describes his travels in New England, as well as the second part of the fifth volume; the fourth volume and the first part of the fifth volume describe his travels to the South of the United States. He traveled as far as Charleston and Savannah, but spent the greater part of his time in Virginia, where he was the guest of Jefferson at Monticello during the summer of 1796. The maps show the Northern, Southern parts, and the United States completely. Howes L-106; Sabin 39056; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 681. (8)
8 volumes, 8o (200 x 124 mm). 3 engraved folding maps (some creasing at folds and edges) and folding tables. Contemporary red half roan, drab boards (some light rubbing). Provenance: Ecole Normale Jacques Cartier (inkstamps on title, pockets on rear endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. An important account of voyages in the United States and Canada during the last decade of the 18th century. La Rochefoucauld, a humanist, open to agricultural and industrial progress (he built a model farm and schools at Liancourt), emigrated to the United States during the French Revolution after his father was killed by a mob in 1793, and spent two years in North America between 1795 and 1797. He arrived at Philadelphia, traveled overland up to Upper Canada, and the second half of the first as well as the whole second volume are devoted to his stay there. The third volume describes his travels in New England, as well as the second part of the fifth volume; the fourth volume and the first part of the fifth volume describe his travels to the South of the United States. He traveled as far as Charleston and Savannah, but spent the greater part of his time in Virginia, where he was the guest of Jefferson at Monticello during the summer of 1796. The maps show the Northern, Southern parts, and the United States completely. Howes L-106; Sabin 39056; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 681. (8)