Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600
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Sale 2600 - Lot 282

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(WEST--TEXAS.) [Louis F. l'Héritier.] Le Champ-d'Asile, Tableau Topographique et Historique du Texas. viii, 247 pages. 8vo, original plain wrappers, moderate wear, with printed spine label reading "Le Champ d'Asile"; minimal dampstaining; uncut; early owner's stylized signature on 3 pages. In modern custom 1/4-calf folding case. Paris, 1819
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First edition, first issue, issued without a map, of "a fanciful and idealized account of the Champ d'Asile . . . perhaps the lengthiest to its date in book form" (Streeter, Texas III:1072). Champ d'Asile was a small colony of French refugee followers of the deposed Napoleon Bonaparte. It was founded under the auspices of the United States on the Trinity River in what was then still Spanish territory. It lasted for only six months in 1818 before being dispersed by the Spanish. Howes L329 ("b"); Sabin 95072.