FRANCO-AMERICAN POLITICS. -- BOTTA, Charles. Histoire de la Guerre de l’Indépendance des États-Unis d’Amérique. Paris: J.G. Dentu, 1812. 4 volumes, 8°. Engraved frontispiece, engraved folding maps. Contemporary sheep-backed boards. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, a translation of Storia della Guerra dell’independenza degli stati Uniti d’America, originally published in Paris in 1809. The “best edition” (Howes). – PICKERING, Timothy. Instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to the French Republic. 8°. Original wrappers. (A few repairs to text and wrapper.) FIRST EDITION. – Le Petit Dictionnaire du tems, pour l’Intelligence des Nouvelles de la Guerre. Paris: Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bauche, 1757. 8°. Contemporary green vellum, edges red. Provenance: André Dénier (bookplate). A new edition, first published in 1748. – D’ORBIGNY, M. Alcide. Voyage Pittoresque dans les deux Amériques. Paris: L. Tenré, 1836. 4°. Numerous illustrations. Contemporary quarter leather (spine damaged). FIRST EDITION. Includes more than 130 steel and copper engravings depiciting the life, customs, and history of the Indian tribes of South America and Mexico. – Together, 4 works in 7 volumes, condition varies, but varies.