Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. In Two Volumes
London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1799. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Very Good. Item #42625
2 volumes. Pp. [xxiv], 427; xii, 376, [16] - publ. adverts., complete with folding frontispiece map of the Northern States of America with hand-coloured outlines, plus 2 folding maps, 2 folding plans, and 9 plates. Recent rebinding in quarter dark navy calf and marbled boards, new endpapers, 5 gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt-stamped maroon leather spine labels, volume number direct to spine, new endpapers. Covers fine. Top edges rough-trimmed, others deckled. Water staining to top and bottom gutters, and along top and bottom edges primarily to prelims and end pages, and occasionally scattered throughout, most plates affected, however, frontispiece map is clean and bright. Contemporary ink signature of Edward Tanqueray to title-page of volume 2. The Irish topographer's first, youthful work. He preferred Canada to the U.S. but left "without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." Well received, it went through several editions and re-issues and was translated into French, Italian, German, and Dutch. Howes W235; Cf TPL 708-9.
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