Filippo MAZZEI, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat CONDORCET
Recherches historiques et politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Par un citoyen de Virginie. Avec quatre Lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Heaven sur l'unité de la législation
[Historical and Political Researches on the United States of North America. By a Citizen of Virginia. With Four Letters from a Citizen of New Haven on the Unity of Legislation]
Froullé|Paris • Colle 1788|13.5 x 21 cm|4 volumes Brochés
First edition (cf. Sabin 47206. Leclerc 952.).
Some joints cracked at head and tail, minor marginal losses of no consequence to the temporary wrappers.
The author, Italian by birth, emigrated to America before the Revolution and settled in Virginia near Monticello.
His book, written in collaboration with Condorcet, is of particular interest with regard to the history of independence and the government of the United States, cf. Fay pages 24-25: "Compilation très exacte, qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitue un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis."
Rare and appealing copy preserved in its original stitching and in plain pink temporary wrappers.
€1,500