Letter to Gen. Lafayette and related correspondence on the finance controversy / by James Fenimore Cooper
1931, 1st edition. New York : Columbia University Press. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396589
Physical description; 10 unnumbered pages, 68, 50, iii pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; "Reproduced from the original Paris editions of 1831 and 1832 in English and in French, with a bibliographical note by Robert E. Spiller"--T.p. With facsimiles of original title-pages: Le général Lafayette à ses collègues de la Chambre des députés. Paris, Paulin, 1832; Letter of J. Fenimore Cooper, to Gen. Lafayette, on the expenditure of the United States of America. Paris, Baudry's Foreign Library, 1831. The 1831 edition is reproduced from a copy in the possession of R. E. Spiller. The 1832 edition, reproduced from a copy in the Bibliothèque nationale, includes the letter of General Bernard to Lafayette. Subjects; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de 1757-1834. Finance United States History.
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