Montule, Edouard de. Travels in America: 1816-1817; Translated from the original French edition of 1821 by Edward D. Seeber. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1951. First Trade Edition. [8023]
Gray cloth, no dust jacket, 7 x 10 inches, former owner's signature on ffep. 197 clean pp. with bibliography and index, illustrated with 18 plates, tight. Thin tidemark in the margin of the frontispiece map. Good. Hardcover.
Edouard de Montulé (1792-1828), French traveler and author. His skill as an artist enabled him to illustrated his own books. His Travels in America is his record of a trip that took him through New York, Philadelphia, the West Indies, New Orleans, Ohio, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Chillicothe, Wheeling, Niagara Falls, Albany, then back to New York City.
"In these twenty-four letters, factual details on flora, fauna, hunting, geology, roads and modes of travel, currency, agriculture, industry, and commerce are interspersed with delightfully amusing and astute observations on the venturesome, hard-working, ingenious Americans whose enterprise and ability Montulé learned promptly to admire." - publisher.