Les aventures d'un capitaine Français,
planteur au Texas, ancien réfugié du Champ d'Asile
GIRARD, Just (pseud. de ROY, Just-Jean-Etienne)
Edité par Ad Mame et Cie, Paris, 1860
Paris, Ad Mame et Cie, Bibliothèque des Ecoles Chretiennes, 2e série, in-8° (21 x 13.5 cm.). (6) + 185 pp. + (1). Illustré d'un frontispice gravé.
Reliure de l'époque en plein veau raciné, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre, plats ornés d'un filet doré, coupes dorées, gardes et tranches marbrées.
Reliure solide, en très bon état. Un coin émoussé. Intérieur globalement frais, étiquette collée sur le contre-plat.
Second edition of a very popular French fiction on Texas. The first edition appeared in Paris in 1858, and after the present 1860 edition, there followed editions in 1862, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1872, and later. An edition in English appeared at New York ca. 1876-1878, under title: The Adventures of a French Captain, at present a planter in Texas, formerly a Refugee of Camp Asylum¿Translated by the Lady Blanche Murphy (Raines, p. 94: "Smacks somewhat of the marvelous"). Howes R479: "Fictionalized, but reasonably authentic, account of the French settlement at Champ d'Asile." Lagarde, The French in Texas, p. 325 (1862 edition). Monaghan 1273 (cites a 1879 edition but states: "This book was first published, according to Lorenz, in 1860." Rader 2844n (1879 edition). Streeter comments in his note to entry 1077: "The account has the appearance of being for the most part factual, but the retelling of some of L'Heritier's stories as if true, such as the dances to which the inhabitants of the neighboring town of San Antonio were invited, casts doubts on its being first hand, and part in any event is fiction." Monaghan remarks of the author: "Roy (1794-1870) was one of the most prolific popular writers of his time. Just Girard was one of the several pseudonyms that he often employed. He travelled widely and his travel accounts were extremely popular; he is said to have travelled in Mexico during the 1850s when it is possible that he might have visited Texas. J. S. Reeves, an authority upon French exiles in America, states that his book contains much historical background and that, despite its fictional form, it has a considerable historical value.".
Titre : Les aventures d'un capitaine Français, ...
Éditeur : Ad Mame et Cie, Paris
Date d'édition : 1860
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat du livre : Très bon