Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) John Burgoyne. A State of the Expedition from Canada. 6 folding hand-colored maps and plans by William Faden (2 with overlays), one folding table. [12], 192, cix pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints broken; rehinged; modern bookplates on front pastedown. In modern folding case. London, 1780

Additional Details

Second edition of Burgoyne's defense of his performance in the disastrous Saratoga campaign of 1777, which resulted in the capture of his entire army by the American rebels. Adams, American Controversy 80-12b; Howes B968 ("aa"); Sabin 9255; TPL 503.