Bayard, Ferdinand M. Voyage Dans L'Interieur Des Etats-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, Dans La Vallee de Shenandoah, etc., etc., Pendant l'Ete de 1791. Seconde Edition. Augmentee de descriptions et d'anecdotes sur la vie militaire et politique de Georges Washington. Paris, Chez Batilliot… An VI [1798], 1798. second edition, octavo, [26], 349 [i.e. 347, pages 345-6omitted], contemporary ¼ calf and leather label, marbled boards, some minor wear and scuffing to binding, otherwise a very good clean copy. A nice copy of the best (augmented) edition. A fine, intimate account of his long residence at Bath (Berkeley Springs), Berkeley County, West Virginia; with keen and not infrequently witty observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants. Clarks says of this work: "A sympathetic sentimental, leisurely picture of society at a forgotten watering place seldom visited by travelers. [Bayard's] social and intellectual acceptability and the length of his stay set his book apart from the customary tourist-guide gazetteer." Clark II:77; Howes B-255; Sabin 4022, this edition not in Haynes. Price: USD 400.00 other currencies   order no. 61    inquire

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