Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, Écrites a W. S. Écuyer, Depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'á 1781...
[CRÉVECOEUR, J. Hector St John de] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, Écrites a W. S. Écuyer, Depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'á 1781...
A Maestricht: J. E. Dufour and Philippe Roux, 1785
2 vols. Large 12mo (171 x 102 mm.) A few quires of vol I lightly but unobtrusively browned, very occasional light scattered spotting, but generally very good and clean, lacking final blank. In contemporary half speckled calf covers over paper boards, spines gilt. A little rubbed and bumped, paper of boards a little work in places, but tight and solid and presentable nonetheless. ?Late 18th century engraved ex-libris to upper pastedown of both volumes, contemporary ms. Ownership inscription to title of both vols.
A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF COLONIAL LIFE IN AMERICA. Crévecoeur, born in France but naturalized British as J. Hector St John, was a soldier and farmer in New York state. His letters, written over a period of seven years and originally published in English in 1782 cover various aspects of Colonial life in Revolutionary-era America. As well as descriptions of a number of states, including New York, Maine, Martha's Vineyard, New Hampshire, and so on, it includes accounts of voyages to Canada and Jamaica. It touches on all aspects of life at the time, including marriage, education, whale-hunting, and the slave trade.
One of the first books of the canon of American literature, a fascinating portrait of early Colonial life in North America, and one of the first works to portray America as a 'melting pot'. The work's anti-government tone was an influence on writers including Thomas Paine, and the work proved highly popular in Europe in its French-language editions, much expanded and freely translated by the author himself, which followed the first edition in English in London in 1782.
Scarce. Only 14 copies on OCLC.
[CRÉVECOEUR, J. Hector St John de] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, Écrites a W. S. Écuyer, Depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'á 1781...
A Maestricht: J. E. Dufour and Philippe Roux, 1785
2 vols. Large 12mo (171 x 102 mm.) A few quires of vol I lightly but unobtrusively browned, very occasional light scattered spotting, but generally very good and clean, lacking final blank. In contemporary half speckled calf covers over paper boards, spines gilt. A little rubbed and bumped, paper of boards a little work in places, but tight and solid and presentable nonetheless. ?Late 18th century engraved ex-libris to upper pastedown of both volumes, contemporary ms. Ownership inscription to title of both vols.
A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF COLONIAL LIFE IN AMERICA. Crévecoeur, born in France but naturalized British as J. Hector St John, was a soldier and farmer in New York state. His letters, written over a period of seven years and originally published in English in 1782 cover various aspects of Colonial life in Revolutionary-era America. As well as descriptions of a number of states, including New York, Maine, Martha's Vineyard, New Hampshire, and so on, it includes accounts of voyages to Canada and Jamaica. It touches on all aspects of life at the time, including marriage, education, whale-hunting, and the slave trade.
One of the first books of the canon of American literature, a fascinating portrait of early Colonial life in North America, and one of the first works to portray America as a 'melting pot'. The work's anti-government tone was an influence on writers including Thomas Paine, and the work proved highly popular in Europe in its French-language editions, much expanded and freely translated by the author himself, which followed the first edition in English in London in 1782.
Scarce. Only 14 copies on OCLC.
[CRÉVECOEUR, J. Hector St John de] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, Écrites a W. S. Écuyer, Depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'á 1781...
A Maestricht: J. E. Dufour and Philippe Roux, 1785
2 vols. Large 12mo (171 x 102 mm.) A few quires of vol I lightly but unobtrusively browned, very occasional light scattered spotting, but generally very good and clean, lacking final blank. In contemporary half speckled calf covers over paper boards, spines gilt. A little rubbed and bumped, paper of boards a little work in places, but tight and solid and presentable nonetheless. ?Late 18th century engraved ex-libris to upper pastedown of both volumes, contemporary ms. Ownership inscription to title of both vols.
A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF COLONIAL LIFE IN AMERICA. Crévecoeur, born in France but naturalized British as J. Hector St John, was a soldier and farmer in New York state. His letters, written over a period of seven years and originally published in English in 1782 cover various aspects of Colonial life in Revolutionary-era America. As well as descriptions of a number of states, including New York, Maine, Martha's Vineyard, New Hampshire, and so on, it includes accounts of voyages to Canada and Jamaica. It touches on all aspects of life at the time, including marriage, education, whale-hunting, and the slave trade.
One of the first books of the canon of American literature, a fascinating portrait of early Colonial life in North America, and one of the first works to portray America as a 'melting pot'. The work's anti-government tone was an influence on writers including Thomas Paine, and the work proved highly popular in Europe in its French-language editions, much expanded and freely translated by the author himself, which followed the first edition in English in London in 1782.
Scarce. Only 14 copies on OCLC.