Nouveau voyage dans l'Amérique septentrionale, en l'année 1781

First edition, rare. Tables in fine of the routes and camps of Count Rochambeau's army.
Contemporary full brown porphyry calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Tawny morocco title label. Light rubbing. Very fine copy, very fresh.
This account forms one of the finest French testimonies on the American War of Independence. Abbé Robin was chaplain to the French corps under Rochambeau's command, on Benjamin Franklin's recommendation. Valuable information on the march of French troops during 1781. Robin landed in Boston in May 1781. Description of Boston, Cambridge University, Providence, fauna and flora, portrait of Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore.