Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 118

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
[CREVECOEUR, MICHEL GUILLAUME ST. JEAN DE.] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Americain. 2 volumes. xxiv, iii, [1], 422, [2]; iv, 400, [2] pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, minor wear; moderate dampstaining; includes second half-title. Paris, 1784

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first edition in french. "Description of American life of great influence in attracting European immigration in the post-revolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century"--Howes C883 (different collation). Monaghan, French Travellers 502; Sabin 17494 (collation matches this copy).