5 - [America] CHASTELLUX (François-Jean de). Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Paris, Prault, 1786. 2 volumes, in-8, contemporary calfskin, plain spine with decorative lettering. 8, 390 pp.; (2) ff., 362 pp., (1) f., 3 pl. Scuffs, scuffs on the leather, wormholes, and subsequent wormholes in the lower margin of the entire second volume.

[America] CHASTELLUX (François-Jean de). Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Paris, Prault, 1786. 2 volumes, in-8, contemporary calfskin, plain spine with decorative lettering. 8, 390 pp.; (2) ff., 362 pp., (1) f., 3 pl. Scuffs, scuffs on the leather, wormholes, and subsequent wormholes in the lower margin of the entire second volume. First complete edition, authorized by the author, illustrated with 2 maps and 3 fold-out plates depicting the natural bridge in Virginia from various viewpoints. The Marquis de Chastellux (1734–1788), a French officer, fought in the American War of Independence alongside Rochambeau and became friends with George Washington. Faÿ, p. 21: “A picturesque, witty, and philosophical account of the Marquis de Chastellux’s stay in America and the conversations that took place there.”