ARTIST: J. Crevecoeur
PUBLISHER: Published in Paris by St. John de Crevecoeur.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1787
EDITION SIZE: 16 3/4 x 10 1/8" (42.7 x 52.8 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This map was issued in the Paris edition of Letters from an American Farmer, which had first appeared in London in 1783. This work is a fascinating outsider’s view of the people, culture and natural attractions of the newly formed United States, as seen through the eyes of a French émigré. Howes calls it a “description of American life of great influence in attracting European immigration in the post-revolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century.” The proposed state of Vermont is noted.
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CONDITION: Good condition save for short split along right fold line. Black & white.
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