RAMSEY, David. - Lot 288

RAMSEY, David. Histoire de la Révolution d'Amérique par rapport à la Caroline Méridionale... traduite de l'anglois, ornée de cartes et de plans. Tome Second. A Londres et se trouve à Paris chez Froullé, 1787. In-8, (2) ff, 673 pp, (3) ff. Contemporary speckled fawn basane, 5-ribbed spine, red title page, ornate caissons, red edges (defects including wormholes on the spine, dull corners, rubbing, small tear without missing on the map and 1 of the plans). Second volume only. First French edition of the work by the great historian of the American War of Independence, David Ramsey (1749-1815). Illustrated with 4 black copper-engraved plates by Piquet, including a map of South Carolina and three plans illustrating the harbor of Charleston, the siege of Charleston and the siege of York and Gloucester by the Allied armies in September and October 1781. Sabin, 67692.