HISTOIRE IMPARTIALE DES ÉVENEMENS MILITAIRES ET POLITIQUES DE LA DERNIÈRE GUERRE..
1785 · Amsterda
by [Longchamps, Pierre de
Amsterda, 1785. Three volumes. 564; 531; 618pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather labels. Spine ends worn on first and second volumes. Front hinge of first volume starting, with some chipping along outer hinge. Corners worn. Internally quite clean. Overall a good set. First Amsterdam edition, after the Paris edition of the same year. This history of the American Revolution covers conflicts in other parts of the world, but is largely devoted to the French part in the war in America, and is one of the first French accounts of the war. A popular work, it appeared in several editions after the original Paris printing of 1785. HOWES L447. GEPHART 5702. SABIN 41905 (Inventory #: WRCAM25170)