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MOREAU DE ST. MERY, [Mederic-Louis-Elie], translated and edited by Kenneth and Anna M. ROBERTS. MOREAU DE ST. MERY'S AMERICAN JOURNEY [1793-1798]. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1947. With Kenneth Roberts's personal bookplate, inscribed to the previous owner and affixed to the front free endpaper, and the owner's bookplate facing it on the front pastedown. A small inkstamp to the ffep at upper right corner. Book in near fine condition, minor rubbing to edges, clean and bright. Slight offset to half title from newsclipping about Roberts, laid in. Preface by Roberts, Introductions by Stewart L. Mims, and color frontispiece by James Bingham. Born in Martinique in 1750, Moreau was a champion of the French Revolution and initial member of the Commune. At the close of the Constituante, he fled with his family to America to escape the guillotine, and established a bookstore and press in Philadelphia. He returned to France in 1798 after John Adams deemed him an undersirable alien. His diary includes letters. Indexed., Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of DE ST. MERY, Moreau : MOREAU DE ST. MERY'S AMERICAN JOURNEY [1793-1798]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, fine bindings, first editions, used books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |