Voyage pittoresque et anecdotique dans le nord et le sud des États-Unis d'Amérique [...].

Lge 8vo; front. and 21 pl. protected with tissue guards (very occ. spotting).

Publ. half red shagreen, blind ruled red buckram on covers, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (joints sl. rubbed).

First edition of this reworked version of the text, a part of it was already published in 1864 under the title "L'Amérique telle qu'elle est". Illustrated with 22 steel-engravings (front. incl.), of which 4 hand-coloured depicting an Indian camp, Poney-Post, the abduction of a colonist's wife by Indians and Lincoln receiving the Indian chiefs; the others fig. New York, Hudson river, Harpers Ferry, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the White House, New Orleans, Cincinnatti, etc. The French composer Comettant (1819-1898) made a long tour in the United States from 1852 to 1855 as a soloist. In his travel account, Comettant focusses on the American society and institutions.