LETTRES SUR L'AMERIQUE DU NORD [Two Volumes, Bound Together]
Paris: Charles Gosselin et Co., 1836. First Edition. Octavo, [2], xv, 470 pages, [2], [2], 527 pages, [1]; G-; Bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, with black spine label and gilt lettering; Boards show significant wear to leather on spine, significant cracking along joints (cfront cover loose, but attached), and light plus wear to edges and corners; Textblock has light plus shelfwear to bottom edges, moderate plus age-toning to edges overall, light plus occasional foxing to pages interiorly, and the bookplate of George Wilbraham (1779 - 1852; Member of Parliament from 1826 until 1841) appears on the front pastedown; Includes 15" x 17" color map of the United States (prefacing chapter 1); Howes C359, Sabin 12585; RWO.
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Chevalier was engineer and liberal economist, as well as an advocate for Saint-Simonian thought. Chevalier was commissioned by the French government to travel to the United States for the purpose of studying transport systems. His writings, which he originally had published in "Journal des Debats", belong in the tradition of de Tocqueville and Beaumont, offering observations on all aspects of early American politics and economics.