HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Nineteenth century. - Set of 9 - Lot 64

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Nineteenth century. - Set of 9 volumes. BELLEGARRIGUE (Anselme). Women of America. Paris, Blanchard, 1853. Small in-16, black half-maroquin, spine ribbed, gilt head; binding a little worn (Lortic). First edition. Anselme Bellegarrigue, an anarchist writer and publicist, traveled in the United States from 1846 to 1848, and from this experience wrote the present pamphlet on education, morals and love. - JOINVILLE (François-Ferdinand d'Orléans, prince de). American War. Potomac Campaign. March-July 1862. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1872. In-18, paperback. Originally published in 1862. - LEE (William). Les États-Unis et l'Angleterre, ou souvenirs et réflexions d'un citoyen américain. Bordeaux, chez P. Coudert, December 1814. In-8, brown half-basin decorated with gilt and cold patterns (period binding). First edition. Anti-English pamphlet: the author, a Boston merchant and husband of the daughter of one of Washington's aides-de-camp, was U.S. consul in Bordeaux from 1801 to 1816, and proved to be an admirer of Napoleon I. Here, he gives a history of Anglo-American relations from 1791 to the Anglo-American War of 1812, and offers a comparative study of the two nations. In 1817, he led a campaign on behalf of French émigrés who had left France after Waterloo, was vice-president of the Vine and Olive Colony, and obtained land in Alabama for it from the U.S. Congress. - MURAT (Achille). Exposition des principes du gouvernement républicain, tel qu'il a été perfectionné en Amérique. Paris, Paulin, June 1833. In-8, fawn half-calf; spine rubbed, minor worm damage (binding circa 1850). First edition of this highly favorable work on the American democratic system. The eldest son of Joachim Murat and Caroline Bonaparte, and therefore nephew of Napoleon I, Achille Murat came to the United States in 1823, taking its nationality in 1825. Initially settled in Tallahassee, Florida, he married a great-niece of George Washington. After a stay in Europe from 1830 to 1833, he returned to the U.S., where he was successively Jefferson County judge, bank manager and military inspector at the West Point Military Academy. He participated in the war against the Seminole Indians. Provenance: Prince Gagarin (gilded crowned numeral on spine and ex-libris stamp). - POUSSIN (Guillaume Tell). De la Puissance américaine. Origin, institutions, political spirit, military, agricultural, commercial and industrial resources of the United States. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1848. 2 volumes in-8, half calf (period binding). - PUYMAURIN (Jean-Pierre Casimir de Marcassus de). Notice historique sur la piraterie. Paris, de l'imprimerie d'A. Egron, [1823]. Small booklet in-8, half cloth (modern binding). Second edition enlarged with a note, printed hors commerce like the original dated 1819. - SAULNIER (Sébastien-Louis). Nouvelles observations sur les finances des États-Unis, en réponse à une brochure adressée par le général Lafayette aux membres de la Chambre des députés. Paris, au bureau du journal; chez Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1831. Leaflet in-8, paperback. Offprint from the Revue britannique. The Marquis de La Fayette himself replied to a first article by the author, State Councillor and Prefect. - THIERS (Adolphe). Discours [...] sur les relations de la France avec les États-Unis d'Amérique; prononcé dans la séance de la Chambre des députés du 20 janvier 1846. Paris, Paulin, 1846. Large booklet in-8, paperback. Separate first edition.