1797 · Philadelphia
by [Louvet de Couvray, Jean Baptiste]
Philadelphia: Printed by Carey & Marklan, 1797. 120pp. Contemporary mottled calf, leather label. Rubbed, small chip at head of spine, outer front hinge worn. Contents foxed and browned. A sound copy. In a cloth clamshell box, leather label, with the ownership label of Edward Percy Rich. Lacks the portrait called for by Howes, also absent from other copies we have examined. Contains much material on the career of American Revolutionary War hero Count Pulaski, primarily in a highly spiced account of his exploits in wars in Russia and Turkey. Early myth-building concerning the mercenary officer who became celebrated as an American patriot. CHURCH 1285. EVANS 32388. HOWES L518, "aa." SABIN 42357
(Inventory #: WRCAM12512)