PARKMAN, Francis

Montcalm and Wolfe. France and England in North America. Part Seventh.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1884. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm) in 2 vols. In original green cloth, tooled in gilt on spines; chocolate brown endpapers; vol. I: [i]-xvi, [1]-514pp; vol. ii:[i]-x, [1]-502pp; frontispiece portraits and lithographic maps by A. Meisel, 5 in vol. I and 3 in vol. II. Straight, tight copies, somewhat rubbed, with minor water stain to lower front corner of vol. 2, visible throughout text block: Good or better.

Parkman, one of the most important nineteenth-century American historians, combined historical accuracy with readability in his sweeping historical chef-d'oeuvre France and English in North America, published from 1865 to 1892 (ANB). Montcalm and Wolfe, the seventh entry in the series, covers the French and Indian War (1754-63), including the fall of Quebec, with a focus on French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and English commander James Wolfe. HOWES P 99.

Price: $175.00

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