ABREGE DE LA REVOLUTION DE L'AMERIQUE ANGLOISE, DEPUIS LE COMMENCEMENT DE L'ANNEE 1774, JUSQU'AU PREMIER JANVIER 1778. PAR M. ***, AMERICAIN
by [Dubuisson, Paul U.]
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Pari, 1778. 452,[2]pp., lacking pp.11-14. 12mo. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Scuffed, front board detached. Some minor dampstaining, but aside from the 2 absent leaves, internally very good. An early French account of the American Revolution. "Day-by-day account of events from Gage's arrival at Boston until French recognition" - Howes. An important source for European impressions of the war. HOWES D528. SABIN 21037
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- ABREGE DE LA REVOLUTION DE L'AMERIQUE ANGLOISE, DEPUIS LE COMMENCEMENT DE L'ANNEE 1774, JUSQU'AU PREMIER JANVIER 1778. PAR M. ***, AMERICAIN
- Author
- [Dubuisson, Paul U.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Pari
- Date Published
- 1778
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Leaves
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- 12mo
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