392. [AMERICANA] - CHEVALIER (Michel). Letters on North America. With a map of the United States of America. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1836, 2 vols. in-8, [2] ff. n. o.c., XV-470 pp. one f. n. o.c. errata; [2] ff. n. o.c., 528 pp. one folding map out of text, engraved by Bénard, with colored outlines, plum half-chagrin, smooth spine, gilt and cold-stamped fillets (period binding). First edition. Around the same time as Tocqueville, Michel Chevalier made a trip to the United States (1833-1835), at the request of the Ministry of Public Works, to study communication routes, especially railroad construction. A good copy. Some browned quires, foxing.