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141 - [TRAVELS]. CHEVALIER (Michel). LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA. Paris: Gosselin, 1837. Two volumes bound together in one 8vo volume in black shagreen, with gilt coats of arms in the center of the covers, ribbed spine, gilt title, inner border, and marbled edges (contemporary binding). Volume 1: (2) folios of half-title and title page, XV-470 pages, (1) folio of errata - Volume 2: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 527 pages, (1) page of errata, fold-out map. Scattered light foxing, a few foxed leaves, discoloration on the spine. FIRST EDITION. COMPLETE volume featuring the large fold-out MAP of the “United States of America in 1836,” engraved on stone by Boussard, lithographed, and hand-colored by Benard. Michel CHEVALIER (1806–1879), a Saint-Simonian economist, presents in this work an economic overview of the United States—the only one published in France at that time. COPY BEARING THE COAT OF ARMS OF Guillaume PAVÉE DE VENDEUVRE (1779–1870). ¶ Sabin, IV, 17 – Walch, “Michel Chevalier,” pages 120–121.
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[TRAVELS]. CHEVALIER (Michel). LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA. Paris: Gosselin, 1837. Two volumes bound together in one 8vo volume in black shagreen, with gilt coats of arms in the center of the covers, ribbed spine, gilt title, inner border, and marbled edges (contemporary binding). Volume 1: (2) folios of half-title and title page, XV-470 pages, (1) folio of errata - Volume 2: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 527 pages, (1) page of errata, fold-out map. Scattered light foxing, a few foxed leaves, discoloration on the spine. FIRST EDITION. COMPLETE volume featuring the large fold-out MAP of the “United States of America in 1836,” engraved on stone by Boussard, lithographed, and hand-colored by Benard. Michel CHEVALIER (1806–1879), a Saint-Simonian economist, presents in this work an economic overview of the United States—the only one published in France at that time. COPY BEARING THE COAT OF ARMS OF Guillaume PAVÉE DE VENDEUVRE (1779–1870). ¶ Sabin, IV, 17 – Walch, “Michel Chevalier,” pages 120–121.
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