Title: Au Texas
Author: Considerant, Victor
Description: [iv], 334 pp. Map; 2 folding tables. (8vo) 7½x4¾, modern marbled boards, original yellow wrappers bound in. Second Edition.The second and most complete edition of the French philosopher's account of his experiences in Texas, leading directly to founding of the short-lived La Reunion colony near Dallas, intended to prove the workability of communism. The second edition includes Considerant's account of the experiment's failure. The map (11¼x13½) is after Colton and, along with early settlements and explorers' routes, it shows a projected railroad route to the Pacific. Howes C697; Sabin 15926.
Heading: Place Published: Brussels
Publisher: Societe de Colonisation
Date Published: 1855
Author: Considerant, Victor
Description: [iv], 334 pp. Map; 2 folding tables. (8vo) 7½x4¾, modern marbled boards, original yellow wrappers bound in. Second Edition.The second and most complete edition of the French philosopher's account of his experiences in Texas, leading directly to founding of the short-lived La Reunion colony near Dallas, intended to prove the workability of communism. The second edition includes Considerant's account of the experiment's failure. The map (11¼x13½) is after Colton and, along with early settlements and explorers' routes, it shows a projected railroad route to the Pacific. Howes C697; Sabin 15926.
Heading: Place Published: Brussels
Publisher: Societe de Colonisation
Date Published: 1855
Condition report
Small chip to front wrapper with restoration; short tear in margin of map with repair on verso, 2 small holes along horizontal center fold, one with verso repair; else very good.
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Americana - Travel & Exploration
1:00 PM PT - Apr 17th, 2008
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