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Barbe-Marbois, Francois (1745-1837)
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A wonderful copy with the elusive original wrappers[6]+485 pages with hand colored folding copper-engraved map. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2") bound in extremely rare original publisher's wrappers. Untrimmed in custom cloth case. (Howes B115, Streeter 1599 and Sabin 3306) First edition.Francois Barbe-Marbois, marquis de Barbe-Marbois, was born in Metz, where his father was director of the local mint, Barbe-Marbois tutored the children of the Marquis de Castries. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States. In 1780, Barbe-Marbois sent a questionnaire to the governors of all 13 former American colonies, seeking information about each state's geography, natural resources, history, and government. Thomas Jefferson, who was then finishing his final term as Virginia's governor, responded to this query with a manuscript that later became his famous "Notes on the State of Virginia". Barbe-Marbois was elected a Foreign Honorary Member to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences… Read More
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