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2 volumes. xv, 462; xii, 432 pp.With 2 folding copper-engraved maps & 3 folding copper-engraved plates. (8vo) period style quarter calf and marbled boards, spines with gilt rule and design, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. First English Edition.

A record of Chastellux's stay in America during the American Revolution as a French general who served under Rochambeau and who acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington. He traveled extensively through Newport, Philadelphia, Albany and Virginia, where he was a guest of Thomas Jefferson. He visited the “Natural Bridge,” which is shown in one of the three plates. Chastellux is recognized as a talented man of letters.