[MAZZEI (Filippo)]. Historical and political research on the - Lot 640

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[MAZZEI (Filippo)]. Historical and political research on the - Lot 640
[MAZZEI (Filippo)]. Historical and political research on the United States of America [...]. By a citizen of Virginia. Colle, Et se trouve à Paris, Froullé, 1788. 4 volumes in-8, fawn half-basane with small corners of green wove vellum, smooth spine decorated with gold fillets. and a small repeated oval fleuron, blue title and tomaison pieces, yellow edges (contemporary binding). Sabin, number 47206. - Chadenat, n°1928. Original edition. Very complete picture of the situation in the United States on the eve of the French Revolution, by Filippo Mazzei (1730-1816), an Italian emigrant. who came to America to grow vines and olives and became close to Thomas Jefferson. It contains interesting information about institutions, the founding of various states (Pennsylvania, Delaware, etc.), and finances, trade, slavery, etc. The four letters from a Burgher from New Haeven to a Virginia Citizen on the futility of sharing power The legislative bodies between several bodies are de Condorcet's (Volume I, pp. 267-371). A few freckles on the text and some rubbing on the binding, if not a nice copy.
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