Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique

BIRKBECK Morris
Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
L'Huillier, Delaunay, Paris 1819, in-8 (11,5 x 19,5 cm), de xvi, 156 pp., contemporary sheep
First edition. Rare. Only one copy in the French Bibliothèque Nationale, nothing in French and British catalogues and only one copy in the British Library. The BNF copy has a map that is not present in this copy.
Contemporary half speckled sheep. Spine with fillets, red sheep title-piece. Rubbing. Inkspot to p. 92. Stamp to title: Société de lecture de Genève.
Birkbeck was an English gentleman farmer who emigrated to the United States, going on to write a travel book. Following this journey, his correspondence included very detailed accounts of aspects of American and emigrant life. This work brings together letters by Birkbeck to friends and an epistolary exchange with future émigrés, who inquire about the price of cabins, American Indians, and so on...The book is an important source of information on what exactly emigrants to America should expect.