De la démocratie en Amérique (Democracy in America)

The Paris French text is the true first — the census claim is correct. Henry Reeve's English translation followed quickly and is collected in its own right as the first edition in English: London, Saunders and Otley, 1835 (first part) and 1840 (second part). The first American edition is the Reeve translation with an original preface and notes by John C. Spencer, New York: George Dearborn & Co., 1838 (also found under the Adlard and Saunders imprint), with the second part New York: Langley, 1840; it is a distinct Americana collectible and not the first edition of the work.