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LEBOUCHER, Odet Julien (1744-1826). Histoire de la Derniere Guerre, Entre la Grande-Bretagne, et les États-Unis de l'Amérique, la France, l'Espagne et la Hollande, depuis son commencement en 1775, jusqi'a sa fin en 1783. Paris: Brocas, 1787.
4o (270 x 202 mm). 7 engraved folding maps (a few short tears, a few old tape repairs on versos) and 2 folding tables. Modern blue cloth, original wrappers bound in, uncut.
FIRST EDITION OF "THE BEST FRENCH CHRONICLE OF THE REVOLUTION" (Howes). The maps include a very fine depiction of the American coast from Georgia to New Jersey and another from that region north to Nova Scotia, and several of the West Indies, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, St. Kit's, and the Lesser Antilles. The folding tables list warships lost by combat, wreck, or capture, and the French officers killed or wounded. Howes L-166; Leclerq 827; Sabin 39613.
4o (270 x 202 mm). 7 engraved folding maps (a few short tears, a few old tape repairs on versos) and 2 folding tables. Modern blue cloth, original wrappers bound in, uncut.
FIRST EDITION OF "THE BEST FRENCH CHRONICLE OF THE REVOLUTION" (Howes). The maps include a very fine depiction of the American coast from Georgia to New Jersey and another from that region north to Nova Scotia, and several of the West Indies, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, St. Kit's, and the Lesser Antilles. The folding tables list warships lost by combat, wreck, or capture, and the French officers killed or wounded. Howes L-166; Leclerq 827; Sabin 39613.