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Author: Weld, Isaac, Junior
Title: Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Stockdale
Date Published: 1800
Description: 2 vols. xix, [1], 427; viii, 376 pp. Illustrated with 16 folding copper-engraved views, plans & maps, 1 hand-colored. (8vo) period calf, double gilt rule to covers, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces. Third edition.Travels through the former colonies of the eastern seaboard and into the Canadian provinces, with perceptive comment on the population, social mores, etc.; there are three views and a plan of Niagara Falls, plans of Washington, D.C., and Quebec, a view of Bethlehem, PA, etc. The large map, hand-colored in outline, shows the northern part of the United States, with inset of southern states. Howes notes that the author "thought Canada preferable to the States." First published in 1799 in a one-volume quarto edition, with the second edition of the same year being octavo, with the same imprint but slightly different collation as this third edition. Sabin 102541; Howes W235.

Light binding rubbing, corners bumped, joints cracked with adhesive repairs; bookplates, paper repair to vol. 1 title page, generally clean inside; very good.