Title: Recollections of Italy, England and America, With Essays on Various Subjects, in Morals and Literature Author: Chateaubriand, F.A. de Place: London Publisher: Henry Colburn Date: 1815 Description: 2 volumes. xii, 258; [iv], 314 pp. (8vo) later half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. "The distinguished author, fascinated by Indian character, roamed in 1791 throughout our interior frontiers, from western New York to the Floridas...A luminous preface sketches maritime discovery from the earliest time to Bering, Vancouver, Mackenzie, Lewis and Clark, Pike and Schoolcraft." (Howes). Howes C326. Bookplate of James Fraser Gluck in each volume. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to spines and edges, small chip to bottom of spine on Volume 2, hinges cracked; light foxing; very good. Item number: 212829
Title: Recollections of Italy, England and America, With Essays on Various Subjects, in Morals and Literature Author: Chateaubriand, F.A. de Place: London Publisher: Henry Colburn Date: 1815 Description: 2 volumes. xii, 258; [iv], 314 pp. (8vo) later half calf and marbled boards. First Edition. "The distinguished author, fascinated by Indian character, roamed in 1791 throughout our interior frontiers, from western New York to the Floridas...A luminous preface sketches maritime discovery from the earliest time to Bering, Vancouver, Mackenzie, Lewis and Clark, Pike and Schoolcraft." (Howes). Howes C326. Bookplate of James Fraser Gluck in each volume. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to spines and edges, small chip to bottom of spine on Volume 2, hinges cracked; light foxing; very good. Item number: 212829
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