[MONTLEZUN, BARON DE] Voyage fait dans les années 1816 et 1817, de New-Yorck a la Nouvelle-Orléans, et de l'Orénoque au Mississipi, par les Petites et les Grandes-Antilles...
Paris: Gide Fils, 1818. First edition. Two volumes. Uncut and unopened in original pink paper wrappers with remnants of printed paper spine labels, housed in cloth clamshell case. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x 14 cm); [4], 372; (6), 408, with ads at front, both volumes with half-titles. The spines with chips and losses to labels, the head of the spine of volume I with the remnant of some old glue and volume II with an old label, other stray stains and abrasion to the rear wrapper of volume II, the edges lightly dust soiled and some creases and spotting to the first and last leaves.

A rare work here in remarkably original condition, unopened and uncut in wrappers. "The author arrived in Virginia in 1816. After visiting Madison and Jefferson he sailed to New York, then went by the sea to New Orleans where he spent several months. He then went to Havana for three months before going to Charleston for a month to complete his American sojourn. A veteran of the French Army during the American Revolution, his strong Royalist sentiments led to many criticisms of American democracy, as well as a conviction that the sale of Louisiana by Napoleon was illegitimate. This is the only edition. Rare." (William Reese catalogue, acquired 1993). Howes M749.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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