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CHASTELLUX, [FRANCOIS J.] De. Travels in North America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator. Vol. I-[II]. London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robisnon, 1787. 1st English edition. 8vo. [16], 462; [16], 430 pp. Two folding maps in vol. I, three folding plates in vol. II. Recent one-quarter calf & marbled boards. $1,250.00
Howes C 324. Clark I, 212. A classic of American travel, "the first trustworthy record of life in the United States." --Howes. The author was major-general under Rochambeau, Jefferson's guest at Monticello, and a member of the French Academy.