Chastellux, Francois-Jean de (1734-1788) Voyages de M. le Marquis de Chastellux dans lAmerique Septentrionale dans les Annees 1780, 17

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Chastellux, Francois-Jean de (1734-1788) Voyages de M. le Marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amerique Septentrionale dans les Annees 1780, 1781 & 1782. Paris: Prault, 1786. Two octavo volumes, half-titles present in each, illustrated with two folding maps and three folding plates, bound in half leather and blue paper boards, likely contemporary, contents good, 8 x 5 in.

N.B. Chastellux was a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau in the War of American Independence; he was the principal liaison officer between the French commander-in-chief and George Washington.
Estimate $200-300

I: [pi]4, A-Z8, Aa8, Bb3; II: [pi]2, A-Y8, Z6.


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