Rare Books Travels in North America in the Years 1780 1781 1782 by Marquis De Chastellux 1963 University North Carolina Press 2 Volume Set

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This is a very good two volume set of hardcovers with accompanying slipcase. 1963 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill. This set is very good inside and out. The pages inside are actually still crisp and clean in both volumes. The bindings are tight and straight. Green hardcover boards on both are very good but showing light shelf wear. The accompanying slipcase is very good with light shelf wear and minor scuffing. Each value is standard medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.25" with 688 pages total between the two volumes, including indexes. Illustrated maps front and back endpapers both volumes.

Travels in North America by Marquis De Chastellux is a description of travel through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire during the years of 1780-1782. Chastellux was one of 3 generals in the French Expeditionary Forces sent to America and lead by Rochambeau. It is a collection of his journals and observations as a military officer. But the work mainly focuses on the political and social condition of the colonies and their prospects as a nation.

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