SOULES (François). Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique angla - Lot 122

SOULES (François). Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique anglaise, written on the most authentic memoirs, dedicated to his most Christian majesty. With maps. Paris, Chez Buisson, 1787. 4 vol. in-8, contemporary fawn basane, 5-nerved spine decorated with double gilt fillets, red morocco title-piece, and green tomaison (binding defects including 3 gnawed headpieces, worm marks on 4 boards, dull corners, small worm holes in the margins of 3 vols. and a tear in the margin of one map). Important account of the historical events of the American Revolution. It is illustrated with 3 copper-engraved maps, 2 of which are enhanced, showing parts of North America "to serve in the history of the last war", one with an illustrated cartouche of Niagara Falls, and : "Plan d'York en Virginie, aves les attaques et les campemens de l'armée combinée de France et d'Amérique".