Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 9

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Chateaubriand, Francois Rene de. Souvenirs d'Italie, d'Angleterre et d'Amérique. Small 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, minor wear at extremities, rebacked with most of original backstrip retained; slight foxing; early owner's signatures on front pastedown, 1867 inked stamp on front free endpaper. Stockholm: Olave Grahn, 1816

Additional Details

The third section, pages 147-212, recounts the author's travels on the American frontier in 1791, with passages on Niagara Falls and American Indians. First published in London in 1815. WorldCat lists only one other copy of this edition in America, and three worldwide; this edition not in Howes (C326), Sabin (12269), or other usual sources.