Annales statistiques des États-Unis, Traduit de l'Anglais par C.A. Scheffer

First French edition, illustrated with 69 statistical tables on 24 folding plates (cf. Sabin 79632. Goldsmith's 22782. Kress C 619.)

Contemporary full sprinkled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt ornamental tooling, covers framed with gilt rolls and fillets, marbled edges, gilt edge-lines.

Spine expertly restored, particularly at the upper right corner, occasional foxing.

The first French edition of this comprehensive statistical survey of the United States, covering population, commerce, navigation, fisheries, public lands, and the revenues and expenditures of the federal government.

Adam Seybert (1773-1825), a distinguished physician, chemist, and mineralogist, served as a Democratic Representative for Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1809 to 1815 and again from 1818 to 1819. It was during these years that he assembled the material for this work, first published in English at Philadelphia in 1818. He subsequently travelled extensively in Europe between 1819 and 1821, returned again in 1824, and died in Paris.