Atala; or the love and constancy of two savages in the desert. Translated from the French ... by Caleb Bingham
Boston: printed by David Carlisle, for Caleb Bingham, no. 44 Cornhill, 1802. First American edition, 12mo, pp. [5], 6-177, [1]; removed from binding; first 2 leaves with neat reinforcement at the fore-edge, some foxing, otherwise good and sound. Bingham was a pioneer writer of school textbooks, among them the popular The American Preceptor, The Columbian Orator, and The Young Lady's Accidence. A translation of Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert, an early novella by Chateaubriand concerning the American Indian. The work, inspired by his travels in North America, had an immense impact on early Romanticism, and went through five editions in its first year. Apparently, this is Chateaubriand's first appearance in America. American Imprints 2015. Sabin 12240. Item #55696
Price: $250.00
