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    • New Travels in the United States of America. Performed in 1788. By J. P. Brissot de Warville. Translated from the French.
    • Brissot de Warville, J.-P.
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    • ISBN: NA
    • Publisher: London: J. S. Jordan    Date Published: 1792
    • Description: first edition in English, the issue with the shorter title; [title leaf], xliii, [1], [45]-483, [1], [4] (contents and errata) pp., folding table; paper covered board sides rubbed and neatly rebacked in cloth, title chipped at fore edge with no loss and a full page of written verse (e.g. "Next sneaking Littleton was seen, Poor Imp! / Caught in the inglorious habit of a Pimp") on verso bleeds thorough, first text page has a long tear in margin that barely hits a few letters, occasional ink marginalia, still a good+ copy and untrimmed; Howes B 784 "A favorable view of America, attracting to its shores many Europeans.",
    • Subject: Americana, travel, United States, VSL
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    • Volumes: 1
    • Item Number: 543862
    • Price: $210.84