HISTOIRE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DE LA CESSION DE CETTE COLONIE PAR LA FRANCE AUX ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE....
Barbe Marbois, Francois:
Paris. 1829. [2],485pp. plus partially colored folding map. Half title. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Extremities lightly rubbed. Small clean tear on inner margin of folding map but no loss. An internally bright and clean copy. Very good. "Barbe-Marbois represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana purchase and his book is one of the main sources on that subject. It shows that in the claim by the United States in the negotiations with Great Britain, that the northern boundary of Louisiana included the area now comprised in Oregon, Washington and Idaho was without foundation. The important map in the first edition indicated the 110th meridian as the western extent of Louisiana" - Streeter. HOWES B115, "aa." STREETER SALE 1599. SABIN 3306.
(Item ID: WRCAM39391) $1,250.00