Paris (France)

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa.
A good copy.

New edition.
Tiny insignificant spots to spine, otherwise a good copy.

New edition.
A good copy.

New edition.
A good copy.

New edition for the first volume, First edition in French for which there was no large paper copies for the second one.
A good set.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.

BAYARD Ferdinand
Voyage dans l’intérieur des États-Unis, à Bath, Winchester, dans la vallée de Shenandoah, etc. Pendant l’Été de 1791. Seconde édition. Augmentée de descriptions et d’anecdotes sur la vie militaire et politique de Georges Washington
Chez Batilliot frères, Paris 1797, in-8 (12 x 20 cm), xxxv, 349pp., contemporary calf
The second and improved, augmented, edition.
Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt. Black morocco title-piece. Upper joint scratched, two small holes to lower joint, two corners bumped. A good copy.
A pictorial and descriptive account of a voyage to the interior of the United States – to Bath, Winchester, Baltimore, Virginia, and the Shenandoah valley. When the work appeared, the author was heavily accused of glorifying the American Republic and the men who had made it. The work includes a number of observations on the various populations – Germans, Native Americans, African Americans – including their customs. The chapter on Washington is based on oral accounts from a number of officers and contains several letters disavowed by him.
Label: Library of Hubel Robins. Richmond. Virginia.

First edition.
Spine cracked, lacks to the spine and covers. Rare, as issued.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from F. Rathery.
Two small tears to head and foot of spine, a good copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine sunned, internally good.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vergé paper de Rives, the only large paper copies.
Spine sunned, spots to covers, internal foxing.

Second edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Spine slightly sunned with one small tear, not serious, to foot.

First edition.
Spine slightly rubbed, not serious, a good copy.