VOLNEY, Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de.- A View of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal...
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tribes of America. Translated, with occasional remarks, by C.B. Brown. With maps and plates.
Philadelphia, J. Conrad; M. & J. Conrad, Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, Washington, Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 1804. In-8°; 4 folding plates (text n.c., some pp. slightly browned, foxing). Contemporary binding : marbled sheepskin, gilt decorated flat spine, marbled edges (upper joint partly split, upper turn in lacking, rubbed on the extremities of the boards, edges - slightly - and corners dulled). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION published the same year as the London edition (1st ed. in French : 1803). Volney (1757-1820), French philosopher, orientalist and member of the Estates-General and of the National Constituent, lived for 3 years in America. In this work illustrated with 2 maps and 2 plates, he observes the geological and climate information and detailed his travels throughout the country. He was accused by John Adams' administration of being a spy sent to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France and then to the West Indies. He was consequently deported. In 1803, Volney was elected to the Assemblée française.
# Sabin 100694.
Première édition américaine de ce récit de voyage par Volney, avec des informations sur la géologie et le climat des USA. Pleine basane de l'ép. (pet. défauts).
Philadelphia, J. Conrad; M. & J. Conrad, Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, Washington, Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 1804. In-8°; 4 folding plates (text n.c., some pp. slightly browned, foxing). Contemporary binding : marbled sheepskin, gilt decorated flat spine, marbled edges (upper joint partly split, upper turn in lacking, rubbed on the extremities of the boards, edges - slightly - and corners dulled). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION published the same year as the London edition (1st ed. in French : 1803). Volney (1757-1820), French philosopher, orientalist and member of the Estates-General and of the National Constituent, lived for 3 years in America. In this work illustrated with 2 maps and 2 plates, he observes the geological and climate information and detailed his travels throughout the country. He was accused by John Adams' administration of being a spy sent to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France and then to the West Indies. He was consequently deported. In 1803, Volney was elected to the Assemblée française.
# Sabin 100694.
Première édition américaine de ce récit de voyage par Volney, avec des informations sur la géologie et le climat des USA. Pleine basane de l'ép. (pet. défauts).
