Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

28 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Adams, Hannah. A Summary History of New England . . . Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War. 513, [3] pages. 4to, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked with original spine label laid down; some foxing and finger-soiling, one leaf worn at edges with minimal loss of text, lack- ing rear free endpaper. Dedham, Massachusetts, 1799 [400/600] first edition . One of the few 18th-century American histories of the war, written by “the first woman in America who made literature a profession”—Appleton’s Cyclopaedia. Evans 35075; Howes A50; Sabin 215. 29 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) [Anburey, Thomas.] Travels Through the Interior Parts of America, Folding map, 6 plates. [12], 414; [2], 492 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1 / 2 calf, moderate wear, rebacked; with half-titles; repairs to map; armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, catalogue sticker on second front free endpaper. London: William Lane, 1791 [500/750] Second edition. Anburey describes his services as a lieutenant under Burgoyne in the British Army, his capture at Saratoga, and his time as a “Convention Army” prisoner of war in Virginia and Maryland. Howes calls for 7 plates, apparently in error; the plate list calls for 6, as seen in all other copies we’ve traced. Clark, Old South I:192; Howes A226; Sabin 1366. 30 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Claviére, Etienne. Considerations on the Relative Situation of France and the United States of America. xvi, xxxiv, 326 pages plus final ad leaf. 8vo. contemporary 1 / 2 calf, moderate wear, rebacked; intermit- tent light foxing, lacking the portrait plate as usual. London, 1788 [400/600] first edition in english of a comparative economic work co-written with Jacques P. Brissot de Warville, with extensive discussion of the American Revolution. Howes C464; Monaghan, French Travellers 305; Sabin 13517. 31 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Coghlan, Margaret. Memoirs of . . . the Late American and Present French War. 184 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf, rebacked; minor restoration to the front blanks, minor browning; early owner’s signature crossed out from title page. NewYork:T. & J. Swords, 1795 [400/600] first american edition , with the suppressed preface . “Narrative of a lady famous for her affair with Colonel Burr in the Revolution”—Howes C543. Evans 28442. Provenance: Swann sale, 2 February 2006, lot 49. 32 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Mazzei, Filippo. Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les États-Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale. [4], xvi, 383, [1], [4], 259; [4], 292, [4], 366 pages. 4 volumes in 2. 4vo, early full mottled calf, minor wear, backstrips rubbed; text generally clean, with light foxing to titles; with half-titles; early bookplates on front pastedowns. Colle & Paris, 1788 [500/750] A political history of the Revolution, by an Italian who had settled inVirginia in 1773 and befriended Jefferson. Howes M456; Sabin 47206.