412. [AMERICANA] - WARDEN (David Bailie). Description statistique, historique et politique des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale, depuis l'époque des premiers établissemens jusqu'à nos jours. Edition translated from that of England, with a new and general map of the United States, by M. Tardieu; a plan of the District of Columbia, and a view of the Capitol. Paris, Rey et Gravier, 1820, 5 vol. in-8, LXXXII-537, XI-528, XII-581, XIII-718 and XV-660 pp. with five folding plates, including a view of the Capitol, two tables, two maps (map of the United States and District of Columbia), paperback, contemporary blue paper cover, printed title label on spine. First French translation. The work is one of the first truly exhaustive descriptions of the young Republic, in that each state of the Federation is the subject of a long, very detailed entry, each ending with a bibliography of the state in question. Spine a little damaged in volume 3.