1801 VOYAGE dans LA HAUTE PENSYLVANIE 3 VOLUMES illustrated AMERICANA antique

Description: VOYAGE dans LA HAUTE PENSYLVANIE et dans l’état de New York par un Membre Adoptif de la Nation Oneidaby [Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume Saint Jean de.] Paris, Crapelet, 18013 volumesFirst edition of this celebrated account of the Northeast following the Revolutionary War. Size: 5 by 8"Vol.I: xxxi (i) pp., including half-title and title, 427 pp., 5 consecutively numbered plates, the last a large folding map of the United States; Vol II:xiv, 434 pp., 4 consecutively numbered folding plates (maps)Vol. III:xii, 409 pp., [1] errata, 5 folding illustrations (plan, tables)Uniformly bound in library cardboard, with title labels to the spinesVery good conditionText in FrenchCrevecoeur remains one of the best-known authors on 18th century American life, but here rather unusually devotes a great deal of space to accounts of the surviving Indian tribes in the region – principally the Mohawk, Oneida, and Onondaga.Crevecoeur’s personal relationships with Washington (to whom the present work is dedicated), Franklin, and other significant contemporary figures endeared him wholeheartedly to the American way of life. In contrast to his disdain for the Old World, Crevecoeur’s American travels paint a vibrant picture of the newly-independent country, including much ethnographic detail on Indian tribes and their gradual disappearance. “No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests." (Sabin).The work is composed of a series of narratives in dialogue form, as told by characters whom Crevecoeur encounters on his journeys. As French Consul in New York, Crevecoeur must have had a vast number of acquantances in ‘Pennsylvania’ (here taken to include, for example, Ohio and Alaska); these range in the present work from a letter on the Cherokee Indians by a certain Adrien O’Harrah to a report by a Captain J. Hart on the remains of an ancient city discovered on the banks of the Muskinghum river. The beautifully engraved plates depict views of Niagara Falls, an Oneida warrior, a ‘sachem’ of the Onondaga tribe, and indeed a frontispiece of George Washington. Crevecoeur also includes two well-executed maps of the Northeast and the southern states of the Union.==========================================================J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur (or John Hector St John, as he anglicised himself) rose to fame as the author of the Letters from an American Farmer (1782).===========Sabin 17501: “Though called a translation, this is believed to be an origianl work by M. de Crevecouer, whose initials only appear at the end of the dedication to Washington. The author spent nearly a quarter of a century in America, saw Washington, in 1774 come to the first Congress fresh from his farm, witnessed his extraordinary career, and, in 1797, saw him retire to the private life of an agriculturalist. His experience, therefore, enables him to give much information and personal gossip not readily found elsewhere, The portrait of Washington in the first volume is an interesting one, “Grave de’apres le Camee peint par Madame Brehan a Newyork en 1789”There is also a fine portrait of Kesketomah, an Onondagua savhem, and of Koohassen, an Oneida warrior. “This work is distinguised by its valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they deliberate on their public interests.” Dow, Niagara Falls page I:69; Field 388; Howes C884; Monaghan, French Travellers 503================================================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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