Skip to content

Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu

Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu

Click for full-size.

Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu

by Barbe-Marbois, Francois (1745-1837)

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Very Good
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Item Price
NZ$3,378.40
Or just NZ$3,344.62 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
NZ$11.82 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

A wonderful copy with the elusive original wrappers

[6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2") bound in extremely rare original publisher's wrappers. Untrimmed in custom cloth case. (Howes B115, Streeter 1599 and Sabin 3306) First edition.

Francois Barbe-Marbois, marquis de Barbe-Marbois, was born in Metz, where his father was director of the local mint, Barbe-Marbois tutored the children of the Marquis de Castries. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States. In 1780, Barbe-Marbois sent a questionnaire to the governors of all 13 former American colonies, seeking information about each state's geography, natural resources, history, and government. Thomas Jefferson, who was then finishing his final term as Virginia's governor, responded to this query with a manuscript that later became his famous "Notes on the State of Virginia". Barbe-Marbois was elected a Foreign Honorary Member to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1781. When the minister Chevalier de la Luzerne returned to France in 1783, Barbe-Marbois remained in America as charge d'affaires in 1784. That year he married Elizabeth Moore (1765-1834), the daughter of William Moore, former governor of Pennsylvania. In 1803 he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase treaty by which Louisiana was ceded to the United States, and was rewarded by the First Consul with a gift of 152,000 francs.

Condition:

Front wrapper and first few leaves nibbled in the lower margin, without loss to text, lightly foxed else a very good copy in the extremely rare original wrappers and a near fine slipcase.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
E0600
Title
Histoire de la Louisiane et de la Cession de Cett Colonie par la France aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale; Precedes d'un Discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis... Avec une Carte Relatie a l'Etendu
Author
Barbe-Marbois, Francois (1745-1837)
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Imprimerie de Firmin Didot
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1829
Pages
[6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map
Size
Octavo
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Borderlands
Bookseller catalogs
Colonial America;

Terms of Sale

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

All items are guaranteed as described. If an item is not as described, it is returnable within seven days of receipt, unless other arrangements are made. Full refunds given only when items are received in the same condition in which they were sent. We require new customers to send payment with their order. Customers known to us will be invoiced with payment due in thirty days, unless prior arrangements are made. Institutions will be billed to meet their requirements. All items subject to prior sale. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express Please be advised that we can only ship to your billing address. We accept checks, but may require that the check clears before we ship an order. Prices of books do not include shipping. We use UPS domestically and internationally. Other shipping arrangements can be made. Shipping is always charged at cost. Texas residents must add 8.25% sales tax.

About the Seller

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2005
Fort Worth, Texas

About The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

The Book Collector specializes in the finest collections of Chess, Anthropology, Americana and American Literature. Visit our website at www.bookcollectorshop.com

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Wrappers
The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-