FRENCH HISTORIES OF THE AMERICAS. -- D’AUBERTEUIL, Michel-Rene Hilliard. Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Americains. -Essais historiques et politiques sur la revolution de l’Amerique septentrionale. Brussels: n.p., 1781. 2 volumes, 8°. Numerous folding plates, plans and maps, including a folding plan of the Battle of Monmouth (not listed on the register of plates). Contemporary French mottled calf, sides with central gilt arms of the Parée de Vendeuvre family (with the motto “Ardeo Perservero Spero”). Provenance: the Parée de Vendeuvre family (binding). FIRST EDITION of this “best-informed French work on the U.S. to this date” (Echeverria & Wilkie). – HORNOT, Antoine. Anecdotes Américaines, ou Histoire Abrégée des principaux événement arrivés dans le Nouveau Monde. Paris: Vincent, 1776. 8°. Original mottled sheep, spine gilt, edges red. FIRST EDITION. – VOLNEY, Constantin-François. Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Paris: Courcier and Dentu, 1803. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved folding plates. Contemporary half sheep, edges red. FIRST EDITION, in which the author describes the geography of the United States, noting the soil, climate, winds, topography, and diseases. – DE BEAUJOUR, Louis-Auguste Felix. Aperçu des Etats-Unis, au commencement du XIX siecle, depuis 1800 jusqu'en 1810. 8°. Half-title. Engraved folding plates. Half sheep over pasteboards, spine gilt. Provenance: Citta di Rivoli Biblioteca Legato Grandi (stamp on half-title). FIRST EDITION. – Almanach Américain, ou État Physique, Politique, Ecclésiastique et Militaire de l’Amérique. Paris: L’Auteur and Lamy, 1784. 12°. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). – CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich. Charles R.E. de Saint-Maurice, translator. Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete de l’Amerique. Paris: Lavigne, 1845. 8°. Numerous illustrations. Original decorated cloth, top edge gilt. Later edition. Originally published in German, this work was translated to French by Larenaudière and E. Constant Piton for editions issued in 1826 and 1836. The present edition also includes translations of Campe’s books on Cortez and Pizarro. – BAIRD, Charles W. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1885. 2 volumes, 8°. Numerous illustrations. Original gold-stamped cloth. FIRST EDITION, American and French issues issued subsequently. – Together, 7 works in 10 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.