Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 408

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(VENEZUELA.) Eustace, John Skey. Official and Private Correspondence . . . during the American War. Part I (all issued). [2], [vi], 151, [1] pages. 8vo, stitched; soiling to exterior leaves, minor wear and foxing; unopened. Paris, 1796

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Eustace was an Englishman who served as an American officer during the Revolution. These published letters were written as a general in the French army from 1788 to 1792; some relate to efforts to liberate Caracas, Venezuela. Thomas Paine was a correspondent. Howes E213 ("aa"); Sabin 23119. 8 copies in ESTC, and none known at auction.