[ AMERICANA] - St JOHN DE CREVECOEUR (J. Hector). Letters from an American farmer addressed to Wm. S... on Esqr. from the year 1770 to 1786. Translated from the English. A Paris, chez Cuchet, 1787. 3 volumes in-8°, porphyry calf, decorated ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet, marbled edges (period binding). New edition increased by one volume. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, 3 engraved titles, 5 folding maps, 3 plates, one of which is folding. This famous publication provides extensive information on American society, manners, customs, education, animals, plants, etc. It answers Europeans' questions about America, and more than five hundred French families travelled to Ohio on the basis of its descriptions, but most of them lost their lives.