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Only Dutch translation of the 1824-1825 farewell tour of general Lafayette, the hero of the American Revolution
LEVASSEUR, Auguste.Reis door de Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika in de jaren 1824 en 1825 door den generaal Lafayette.    Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary boards with pasted title-label on spine, uncut. With lithographed portrait of Lafayette for frontispiece to volume 1. 8, 254, [1, 1 blank]; [1, 1 blank], 223, [1 blank] pp. Only Dutch translation of Levasseur account, containing the journal of general Lafayette 1824-1825 Farewell Tour of all 24 United States. ''With its panoramic view of the young country - its burgeoning cities and towns, its technological innovations like the Erie Canal, and its industrious people - this book captures America on the cusp of its jubilee year. Levasseur also chronicles Lafayette's affectionate visits with his old friends John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, and his encounter with Senator Andrew Jackson. A keen observer, Levasseur gives us a sense of the characters of these men who, with Lafayette's paternal friend George Washington, led the United States through its first six decades'' (preface of Hoffman). The original French edition, Lafayette en Amérique en 1824 et 1825, ou Journal d'un voyage aux États-Unis, appeared in 1829. Bindings used and spines damaged; portrait waterstained; some waterstaining on pp. 65-72 of volume 1. A good set of this rare translation.
Hoffmann, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825. Journal of a Voyage to the United States. Unabridged English translation (Manchester, 2007); Howes L-301; Sabin 40737; not in Tiele, Bibl.
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