Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene, Vicomte De

Recollections of Italy, England and America: With Essays on Various Subject s, in Morals and Literature

M. Carey / For sale by Wells & Lilly, 1816. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #L009570

Good in leather (lacks covers; spine/prelims worn). 8vo 364 First American issue; originally published in Great Britain in 1815. Howes USIANA C-326: 'A luminous preface sketches maritime discovery from the earliest time to B ering, Vancouver, Mackenzie, Lewis and Clark, Pike and Schoolcraft.' Original calf binding still in evidence by the gilt-stamped spine; text browning throughout, yet still a very readable copy of an important book of American and other travels.

Price: $45.00