Jacob-Nicolas MOREAU
Lettres d'un François à un Hollandois, au sujet des différends survenus entre la France & la Grande-Bretagne, touchant leurs possessions respectives dans l'Amérique septentrionale[Letters from a Frenchman to a Dutchman, concerning the disputes that have arisen between France and Great Britain regarding their respective possessions in North America]
s. n.|n. l. 1755|9.5 x 14.8 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition, here in its 12mo issue; the 4to edition is more commonly encountered (cf. Sabin 50563. See Gagnon 1217, Lande 656 and Higgs 1032. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi. The NUC records 4 copies of the 4to edition.)
Contemporary half brown sheepskin over boards with vellum tips, spine in five compartments tooled in blind with garland motifs, paper-covered boards, red-speckled edges; an old binding with a later spine.
"A review of the causes of Anglo-French hostilities in America, from a French point of vue, and with the intention of persuading the Dutch correspondent of England's aggressiveness" Cf. James Ford Bell Library catalogue, p. 359.
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