Ver a tamaño completo.
Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu
de Barbe-Marbois, Francois (1745-1837)
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
A wonderful copy with the elusive original wrappers
[6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2") bound in extremely rare original publisher's wrappers. Untrimmed in custom cloth case. (Howes B115, Streeter 1599 and Sabin 3306) First edition.
Francois Barbe-Marbois, marquis de Barbe-Marbois, was born in Metz, where his father was director of the local mint, Barbe-Marbois tutored the children of the Marquis de Castries. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States. In 1780, Barbe-Marbois sent a questionnaire to the governors of all 13 former American colonies, seeking information about each state's geography, natural resources, history, and government. Thomas Jefferson, who was then finishing his final term as Virginia's governor, responded to this query with a manuscript that later became his famous "Notes on the State of Virginia". Barbe-Marbois was elected a Foreign Honorary Member to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1781. When the minister Chevalier de la Luzerne returned to France in 1783, Barbe-Marbois remained in America as charge d'affaires in 1784. That year he married Elizabeth Moore (1765-1834), the daughter of William Moore, former governor of Pennsylvania. In 1803 he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase treaty by which Louisiana was ceded to the United States, and was rewarded by the First Consul with a gift of 152,000 francs.
Condition:
Front wrapper and first few leaves nibbled in the lower margin, without loss to text, lightly foxed else a very good copy in the extremely rare original wrappers and a near fine slipcase.
[6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2") bound in extremely rare original publisher's wrappers. Untrimmed in custom cloth case. (Howes B115, Streeter 1599 and Sabin 3306) First edition.
Francois Barbe-Marbois, marquis de Barbe-Marbois, was born in Metz, where his father was director of the local mint, Barbe-Marbois tutored the children of the Marquis de Castries. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States. In 1780, Barbe-Marbois sent a questionnaire to the governors of all 13 former American colonies, seeking information about each state's geography, natural resources, history, and government. Thomas Jefferson, who was then finishing his final term as Virginia's governor, responded to this query with a manuscript that later became his famous "Notes on the State of Virginia". Barbe-Marbois was elected a Foreign Honorary Member to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1781. When the minister Chevalier de la Luzerne returned to France in 1783, Barbe-Marbois remained in America as charge d'affaires in 1784. That year he married Elizabeth Moore (1765-1834), the daughter of William Moore, former governor of Pennsylvania. In 1803 he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase treaty by which Louisiana was ceded to the United States, and was rewarded by the First Consul with a gift of 152,000 francs.
Condition:
Front wrapper and first few leaves nibbled in the lower margin, without loss to text, lightly foxed else a very good copy in the extremely rare original wrappers and a near fine slipcase.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- E0600
- Título
- Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu
- Autor
- Barbe-Marbois, Francois (1745-1837)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Imprimerie de Firmin Didot
- Lugar de publicación
- Paris
- Fecha de publicación
- 1829
- Páginas
- [6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map
- Tamaño
- Octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Borderlands
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Colonial America;
Términos de venta
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
All items are guaranteed as described. If an item is
not as described, it is returnable within seven days
of receipt, unless other arrangements are made.
Full refunds given only when items are received in
the same condition in which they were sent.
We require new customers to send payment with
their order. Customers known to us will be invoiced
with payment due in thirty days, unless prior
arrangements are made. Institutions will be billed
to meet their requirements. All items subject to prior
sale.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express
Please be advised that we can only ship to your billing address.
We accept checks, but may require that the check clears before we ship an order.
Prices of books do not include shipping.
We use UPS domestically and internationally. Other shipping arrangements can be made. Shipping is always charged at cost.
Texas residents must add 8.25% sales tax.
Sobre el vendedor
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Fort Worth, Texas
Sobre The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
The Book Collector specializes in the finest collections of Chess, Anthropology, Americana and American Literature. Visit our website at www.bookcollectorshop.com
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
