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SOULÈS (François): Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique anglaise, written on the most authentic Memoirs. Paris, Buisson, 1787. 4 volumes. 13 by 19.5 cm. (8)-379-(3); (4)-365; (4)-420; (4)-272-43 pages and three large folding maps. Complete. Contemporary full ochre basane, ornate smooth spine, black title-pieces. Binding with minor flaws (upper headpieces a little worn, two small wormholes, a 2 cm split on one jaw, a small epidermis on one board. Despite all this, a very decent copy (see photos). Interior with a few scattered freckles, darkened title leaves. Only one more important defect: a worm gallery in the margin of volume 3, more substantial on the last 30 leaves, but without any lack of text. The first two maps are on blued paper, with color indications. They are in very good condition. First edition. A history of the American War of Independence from the stamp tax affair of 1765 to the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. The author shows himself to be a supporter of the principles on which the American Revolution was founded, but he also undertakes the work of a true historian, gathering first-hand information from both handwritten memoirs and direct testimony from French, English and American actors. Thomas JEFFERSON, to whom Soulès had submitted his manuscript, declared the work excellent. A documented and contemporary vision of the American War of Independence.

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SOULÈS (François): Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique angla

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Soulès (François). Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique anglaise. ÀParis, chez Buisson, 1787. 4 vols. in-8, (8)-379-3 [misfigured 3 to 6]-(uneblanche)+ (4)-365-(uneblanche)+ (4)-420+ (4)-272-43-(uneblanche)pp. in marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné with title-pieces; spines a little faded and slightly rubbed, corners a little worn (period binding). First edition. 3 out-of-text copper-engraved folding maps, 2 of which are lightly enhanced with color: a map of the eastern half of North America, a plan of the siege of Yorktown in 1781, and a map of the coast from Williamsburg to Boston (Sabin, t.XXII, n°87290). History of the American Revolutionary War, from the stamp tax affair in 1765 to the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. A man of letters and a historian who embraced new ideas, François Soulès (1748-1809) was sympathetic to the principles on which the American Revolution was founded, but he also undertook the work of a true historian, gathering first-hand information in the form of handwritten memoirs and first-hand accounts from French, English and American actors. Chapters are devoted to the operations that pitted French and English against each other in India during this conflict. Thomas Jefferson's admiration: François Soulès submitted his manuscript to Thomas Jefferson, ambassador to France at the time, who wrote to the diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto in January 1787 that he had seen this History, concluding with a clear judgment: "I [consider it] the best I have ever leafed through". François Soulès would publish many other works, including translations from English by Thomas Paine, Ann Radcliffe, Arthur Young, historians and travelers such as William Bligh... Provenance: the Marquis d'Arcy Michel-François-Louis Larcher (ex-libris vignettes of his father Michel Larcher on the first flyleaves), then the Counts of Antioche (armorial ex-libris vignettes covering two other earlier ex-libris, including those of the Marquis d'Arcy).