Memoire Historique et Politique sur La Louisiane par M. de Vergennes , Ministre de Louis XVI
Paris: Chez Lepetit jeune libraire, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, ca. 5" x 7.5", bound in half leather with brown marbled paper covered boards, covers with moderately heavy wear, elaborate gilt decoration of backstrip, but dull appearance, nice bookplate on front pastedown and a black ink library stamp on the half title page that is smudged and difficult to read. Contents good to very good with light foxing, paper age toned, pp. frontispiece, 315. Overall, a good copy. Large sections on north america pp. 25-181, India pp. 185 - 228, pp. 229- 239, Corsica 243- 251, Guiana 255 - 272 Howes has this as item V74, but with little information, Sabin 98971 has some information. Shipping outside the USA may cost about that of an average book. Good. Item #17046
Price: $765.00