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180023633Philadelphia 1800. 4pp. Disbound. Else Near Fine. <br/><br/> Isaac Zane was a member of the Zane family of Wheeling after whom Zanesville Ohio is named. He was "made a prisoner by the Wyandot Indians when an infant of nine years of age with which nation he has ever since remained having married an Indian woman by whom he has many children." <br/> The Wyandots assigned him a tract of land. That land was later ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1795. Zane asks that his title be confirmed. The Committee agrees recommending that the United States convey to him 2560 acres of land at Big Bottom on Mad River. The Committee observes that Zane during "the Indian war rendered great and repeated services to the frontier settlements." <br/>Evans 38864. NAIP w021902 12. unknown books
1786h42110Sulzbach: Ze l ben Aharon 1786. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8.5 x 7 inches in amateur cloth backed boards mid-20th century fair copy with title page and next leaf in photocopy the leaf after that with damage and loss the remainder of the text in very good condition; last leaf with some edgewear and loss resulting in the loss of some letters. Over 260 leaves seems complete with quite a number of small woodcut illustrations 2.75 x 1.5 inches on average. Tseno Ureno sometimes called the Women's Bible is a Yiddish-language prose work whose structure parallels the weekly Torah portions and Haftorahs used in Jewish prayer services. The book was written by Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi 1550–1625 of Janów Lubelski near Lublin Poland and mixes Biblical passages with teachings from Judaism's Oral Torah such as the Talmud's Aggadah and Midrash which are sometimes called "parables allegories short stories anecdotes legends and admonitions" by secular writers. Ze l ben Aharon hardcover
1748101732Paris, Sebastien Jorry, 1748, , 3 parties en un volume in-12 : [2]-VII-[3]-156 pp. et 2 pl. + XII-141 pp. et 4 pl. + VIII-112 pp. et 1 pl. +, basane marbrée brune de l'époque, dos lisse et fleuronné, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges, Quatre ouvrages sont réunis dans ce volume qui présente l'état le plus avancé des recherches sur l'électricité à la veille des travaux de Benjamin Franklin : Winckler, Essai sur la nature, les effets et les causes, de l'électricité, avec une description de deux nouvelles machines à l'électricité. Première et seule édition française, elle est ornée de 2 planches gravées dépliantes figurant des machine à électricité. Watson, Expériences et observations, pour servir à l'explication de la nature et des propriétés de l'électricité. Première édition française traduite d'après la seconde édition anglaise. Les jolies planches sur cuivre qui l'accompagnent représentent des machines à électricité manipulées par d'élégants jeunes hommes et jeunes femmes. Watson, Essai sur la cause de l'électricité, où l'on examine, pourquoi certaines choses ne peuvent pas être électrifiées. Et quelle est l'influence de l'électricité dans les rhumatismes du corps humain, dans la nielle des arbres, dans les vapeurs des mines et dans la plante sensitive. Seconde édition française traduite Watson. Newton, Essai sur l'électricité, contenant des recherches sur sa nature, ses causes et propriétés, fondées sur la théorie du mouvement de vibration de la lumière et du feu de M. Newton... Première édition française traduite par Benjamin Martin. Une planche qui représente des éléments d'expérience électrique. Dos légèrement gauchi, minuscules épidermures, coiffe supérieure arasée, 1 mors fendu, rares taches. Étiquette et tampons de l'Institut catholique. Wheeler Gift, 313c ; Bakken, p. 100 et 118. Couverture rigide
18007600London: John Stockdale 1800. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. Vol I: xx 427; II: viii 376 pp. fold plates map. Third edition. In early 20th century cloth; lacking the advertisements called for by Howes; all plates are present. Bindings are a little worn at the spine ends with some fraying to head of the spine of Volume I otherwise only light edgewear; endpaper split at the hinges but have been discreetly and neat reglued and are strong; early pencil markings—mostly small hands with pointing fingers in the margins; list of places with pencil check marks probably more recent; light and foxing throughout but more so around the folding plates and maps even here it is not very distracting. This is a fairly nice copy in 20th century binding of a very good early travel narrative. <br /> <br /> Originally issued by Stockdale in 1799 this is an early edition of a frequently reprinted travel narrative this edition with striking views of Niagra Falls Hudson River Natural Bridge in Virginia and more. Clark writes "It is obvious from this volume that he was a loyal Englishman with enough aristocratic prejudice not to understand the American frontiersmen. His attitude is indicated by his closing remarks that he left the United States 'without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit ti.' In the cities he mixed with the best society and met the important leaders of the country including Washington and Jefferson. Of them he was less critical" Clark Old South II 132. Sabin 102541; Howes W-235. John Stockdale unknown
179923278Imprimerie de Munier Demi-cuir Paris 1799
179928616Imprimerie de Munier Cuir Paris 1799
1798M8902London: J. Stockdale 1798. Very Good. Notes: Map of Niagara Falls showing surrounding lands and vicinity in fine detail. Included is an inset map of the Niagara Straits detailing how Lake Ontario connects with Lake Erie. <br><br> Size : 163x226 mm 6.42x8.90 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Canada Ontario South; J. Stockdale unknown
179941787London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. Quarto. 10 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches. xxiv 464 pp. 11 engraved plates including the frontispiece 2 plans and 3 maps one of which is hand colored in outline. Complete with the rare erratum slip mounted at the foot of the plate list. Contemporary full calf. Spine gilt with black morocco lettering piece. Neat repairs to joints<br/> <br/> First edition of the travel narrative that influenced a generation of British emigrants to the Canadian provinces.<br/> <br/> Isaac Weld traveled through North America in the late 18th century and recorded his adventures in this wry series of letters. He arrived in America in 1795 at the age of 19 accompanied by a servant and traveled the continent on horseback on foot and by canoe. His distaste for American frontiersmen and the coarseness of manners in the United States would prove typical of English travelers for decades to come. Between July and November 1796 he travelled from Lake Champlain to Montréal and Québec returning through Montréal and continuing his journey to Kingston Newark Niagara-on-the-Lake Malden Amherstburg Detroit and Fort Erie. He declared the scenery from the Upper Town of Québec to surpass 'all that I have hitherto seen in America or indeed in any other part of the globe' and felt that travelling conditions between Québec and Montréal were the best in North America. Based on these observations he concluded that 'a man of moderate property could provide for his family with much more ease in Canada than in the United States' because of the abundance of affordable land. Like many other British travellers then and later Weld felt most at home in the Canadian provinces. Weld's narrative was reprinted more than that of any other European traveler to North America in the later 18th-century. The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. 'A New Map of Upper & Lower Canada' dated 1798 extends from James's Bay to the north Lake Winnipeg to the west and New Brunswick to the east with the territory of the United States below the Candian border left undefined by blank space.<br/> <br/> Cox 176; Stanton and Tremaine 708; Lowndes 2868; Gagnon I: 3701; Lande 890; JCB II: 4062; Clark II: 132; Rich 1799; Allibone 2636; Sabin 102541; ESTC T110539; Howes W-235; Story p. 103; Vlach 754; Winsor V p.284 & VIII 174 191. Printed for John Stockdale unknown
179916287London: John Stockdale 1799. First Edition First Issue. Full leather. Near fine. The first edition first issue of Travels Through The States Of North America by Isaac Weld published in London in 1799 and complete with 16 maps and plates. Quarto 2 xxiv 464pp 8pp catalogue. Full calf raised bands six compartments title in gilt over red morocco label on spine. Includes the publisher's catalogue but lacking the errata slip. Even toning to leaves throughout a few leaves of text with transference. Contemporary gray endpapers. From the library of noted abolitionist and antiquarian collector George Head Head of Rickerby with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The first issue with the index incorrectly identifying the fourth plate as: "The Patowmac River from Mount Vernon." This work is complete with 12 copper engraved plates including a frontispiece a large fold-out map of the eastern United States hand-colored map of Upper and Lower Canada and two plans for Quebec and Washington D.C. A few plates with light toning and scatter foxing. All plates and maps with solid hinges tissue covers and vibrant imagery. Sabin 102541 Howes W235 Lowndes 2868 Clark II 132 Includes a handwritten note from Arthur H. Masten to the recipient of this copy. An attractive work. Isaac Weld 1774-1856 conducted a survey of the United States from 1795 to 1797 covering the Eastern Seaboard and parts of the American frontier including Virginia Pennsylvania New York and the Carolinas. Weld traveled by horseback boat and on foot observing the social political and economic conditions of the newly formed nation. In "Travels" he commented on the vast natural beauty of the American landscape the state of infrastructure and the way of life of settlers and Native American tribes he encountered. Weld was critical of the rough manners and egalitarianism he witnessed contrasting it with European refinement yet he admired the industrious spirit of Americans. His narrative of the nascent United States helped to shape European opinions of the new nation during the Revolutionary period. John Stockdale unknown
1799162628London: John Stockdale 1799. An enthusiastic admirer of the beauties of nature First edition with the index incorrectly identifying the fourth plate. This work handsomely illustrated from the author's sketches "was regarded as the great authority of the period on American subjects. There can be no question that the colonization of Canada was mainly promoted and influenced by this book" Bibliotheca Americana. Isaac Weld 1774-1856 left Dublin for Philadelphia in 1795 and "accompanied by a faithful servant sometimes on horseback sometimes on foot or in a canoe he made his way often under the guidance of Native Americans through the vast forests and along the great rivers. He narrowly escaped shipwreck on Lake Erie and experienced all the adventure incident to passing through an unsettled country while in the towns he mixed in the best society and had the privilege of meeting George Washington" ODNB. Aside from the attractive folding map the work includes plans of Washington DC and Quebec; maps of Canada and the Niagara Falls; three views of the Falls; and an illustration of an "American stage waggon" leaving a staging post. The work proved popular going through four editions by 1807 and being translated into French German and Dutch. The plate showing the Hudson River is labelled as "View of the Patowmac River from Mount Vernon". The index of the second edition is corrected. Quarto 270 x 207 mm pp. xxiv 464 8. Engraved frontispiece and 14 plates views and plates one folding map hand-coloured in outline; 8 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary speckled calf smooth spine with gilt bands red morocco spine label covers ruled in blind. Brent Gration-Maxfield 1916-1983 book collector and scholar with his ownership signature dated 1969 on front pastedown and extensive neatly pencilled bibliographic notes on the front free endpaper; contemporary gift note loosely inserted. Binding refurbished with gilt retouched superficial abrasions to covers folding map with short tear at stub small paper tears to b3 and G1. A very good copy. Bibliotheca Americana 3282; Howes W235; Lowndes 2868; Sabin 102541. unknown
180067414Printed in the UK: John Stockdale 1800. Third edition. Leather over boards. Good. Two volume set. Full leather dark brown over boards. 8vo. Pagination: volume I -- xx 427 pp; volume II -- viii 376. Illustration: volume I -- a hand coloured engraved map of the northern states of America a b/w engraved map of Upper and Lower Canada 2 b/w engraved city plans and 7 b/w engraved drawings; volume II -- 5 b/w engraved drawings. All plates are tipped in and fold out. Uniform binding. Six compartment spine with five raised ribs. Dark brown leather labels with gilt short title and volume number in compartments two and four. Single rule gilt border on the front and back boards. Gilt ornamental rulings on the spine. Heads darkened. Very light foxing throughout both volumes. Minor worming in the gutter of the front endpapers of volume II. Ink stain along the foot edge of volume I. List of illustrations in volume I has pencil marks next to each listing. Generally the text blocks are clean bright and square with a strong binding. The boards and spines of both are worn and rubbed some of the gilt has been lost with minor cracks in the hinges of volume I. Good condition overall. John Stockdale unknown
1799786441799. WELD Isaac Jr. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. xxiv464pp. plus 16 maps and plates one folding. 4to. Contemporary 3/4 calf and marbled boards rebacked in matching style with original spine label laid down endpapers refreshed. Boards rubbed corners and edges slightly worn lower spine a bit scuffed. Contemporary ownership inscription "D. Erskine" on frontispiece recto early bookplate laid in. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. HOWES W-235 "aa." Clark II:132. ESTC T110539. Gagnon I:3701. Lande 890. JCB II:4062. Sabin 192541. Scheidley 170. TPL 708. Reese Federal Hundred 78. Weld an Irishman arrived in Philadelphia in late 1795 at the age of nineteen. His observations during two years of travels through eastern North America and Canada told through a series of letters comprise one of the most popular narratives of the day. Story wrote that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." Weld made one trip south as far as Virginia as well as crossing Pennsylvania and New York. He said that he left the United States "without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. The map with its borders and those of the states colored by hand shows the East Coast of America south through North Carolina with an inset map of South Carolina and west through the Great Lakes region. unknown
179945232London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly 1799. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. 8vo. Pp. xxiii 427 1 folding coloured map 3 folding plans 7 folding plates. Vol. 2 pp. xii 376 1 folding plan 4 folding plates. Bound in half leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles to the spine spine heavily rubbed and scuffed leather lifting at the hinges but boards still firmly attached. Well worn exterior but clean and bright interior would benefit from a good re-backing. 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. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
179926803London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly 1799. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. Octavo. 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. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly Hardcover
18001307150040Printed for J. Stockdale 1800-01-01. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. 8vo. 3/4 leather with blue marbled boards. Good binding and cover with minor shelf wear. Leather chipped. Minor library stamps and markings. Folding plan of Mt. Vernon. Other plates lacking. Barrow's book plate on verso. Sabin 103541; Howes W235; TPL 709. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Printed for J. Stockdale hardcover
1799525891799. WELD Isaac. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada During the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. 2 vols. 2nd ed. xxiii 427; xii 376pp. 16 folding plates. Orig. boards with paper spine labels. An excellent uncut set. "According to the Travels Weld landed at Philadelphia in November 1795 from which he made excurisions in all directions. On one of these he visited Baltimore Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon. On another he moved west to York and Lancaster the northern neck of Virginia and Williamsburg and Norfolk apparently going as far south as the Dismal Swamp. At Williamsburg he noted that the captial was crumbling to pieces that William and Mary was a grammar school rather that a college that the church was out of repair and that the hospital for the insane was not well regulated. On his return he journeyed to Richmond and west to the mountains and as was usual with travelers he described Rock Bridge. After coming back to Philadelphia he went to Canada. His departure for home took place at New York."--Clark II 132. HOWES W-235. Sabin 102541. Haynes 20950. unknown
1799elala340London: Printed For John Stockdale 1799. 1799. 4to. pp. xxiv 464. 5 engraved maps & plans 1 folding & partially coloured in outline & 11 engraved plates incl. frontis. complete with the rare erratum slip relating to one of the plates mounted at foot of plate list. contemporary mottled calf rebacked some foxing to plates & neighbouring leaves. First Edition of one of the most popular American travel narratives. Weld came to North America with the hope of finding more cheerful prospects than those offered by war-torn Europe but after two years he left "without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." Story notes that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." The plates are engraved after original sketches by the author. Clark II 132. Gagnon I 3701. Howes W-235. Lande 890. JCB II 4062. Sabin 192541. TPL 708. Vlach 754. Story p. 103. Winsor V p. 284 & VIII pp. 174 & 491. 1st Edition. London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1799. unknown
1800100585<p>2 vols. 8vo modern half morocco & marbled boards spine ruled in gilt raised bands morocco lettering pieces new endpapers. Illustrated with 16 folding views plans and maps; xix 1 427; viii 376 pp. Minor aging and some darkening to a few pages and some foxing to one plate. Near fine condition. Weld an Irishman came to America in 1795 when he was nineteen. This work narrates his travels through the former colonies along the eastern seaboard and the Canadian provinces. Very popular at the time it was published Weld comments on the population and social habits and customs of the people he saw. According to Howes Weld seemed to prefer Canada to the States. Compared to the similar works of this period Weld seems to be fairly objective on most things. However whether or not his observation that Americans lose their teeth prematurely is accurate would be hard to substantiate. Contains several interesting views of Niagara Falls Mt. Vernon Bethlehem PA and a large map of the northern portion of the United States with inset of the southern States.</p> John Stockdale hardcover
180027125London: Printed for John Stockdale 1800. Third edition. Leather bound. Good. Two volume set. 427 375pp. Octavo 22 cm Nicely rebound in tan 3/4 quarter calf over the original marbled leather boards. Backstrip has red and black gilt stamped leather labels with gilt rules. Floral gilt stamped pattern to the rest of the backstrip. The front board of volume 1 is nearly detached and the front free endpaper map and title page are detached but present. Both volumes internally clean. Advertisements have been removed from both volumes. The large folding map 'Part of the United States of North America' measures 48 cm by 43 cm and is present at the front of volume one. Large map shows America as it was then known with the western edge being Detroit and Kentucky. The state lines are hand colored. A few short closed tears at the folds. Volume one also contains seven views two plans Washington and Quebec and a map of upper and lower Canada. Volume two contains five views four of these are about Niagara Falls. Nice early American travel narrative by this Irish writer and artist. Howes W235. Sabin 192541. Weld's Travels Through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada was an instant success. It went through several editions and was translated into several different languages. It is worth noting that Weld's work is more favorable towards Canada than it is towards the United States. Printed for John Stockdale unknown
180018518Paris:: Imprimerie de Munier 1800. First French edition. contemporary quarter sheep with paste-grain decorated paper sides. Some chipping to spine extremities; light wear. . 8vo. Large folding map plus 10 of 11 engraved plates. Howes W-235. Imprimerie de Munier, unknown
17991299131799. First Edition. WELD Isaac. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada During the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: John Stockdale 1799. Quarto contemporary full diced tan calf rebacked with original elaborately gilt-decorated spine laid down raised bands all edges marbled. $4800.First edition of this fascinating account of ""all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country"" with two maps one folding and hand-colored in outline plans of the cities of Washington and Quebec and 12 full-page copper-engraved plates of scenic views including ""The Horse-Shoe Fall of Niagara.""Weld arrived in America in 1795 at the age of 19 and ""accompanied by a faithful servant sometimes on horseback sometimes on foot or in a canoe he made his way often under the guidance of Indians through the vast forests and along the great rivers. He narrowly escaped shipwreck on Lake Erie and experienced all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country. While in the towns he mixed in the best society and had the privilege of meeting George Washington"" Cox. The journey took him through Virginia Pennsylvania and New York and then ""from Montreal to Quebec thence up to St. Lawrence and the lakes to Kingston Niagara and Detroit with comment on the country its settlement and administration. Weld an Irishman came to explore the possibilities of Canada and the United States as fields for Irish emigration"" Staton & Tremaine. Weld's travels are told through a series of 38 letters chronicling the two years he spent in North America and was one of the most popular narratives of the day. Translated into many languages Weld's account ""was regarded as the great authority of the period on American subjects"" Allibone III 2636. Includes examinations of taverns slave conditions tobacco cultivation and Indian tribes. ""In the first edition the view of the Hudson River is incorrectly designated on the plate itself and in the list of plates as 'View on or of the Patowmac River from Mount Vernon.' A number of copies have an erratum slip noting the error pasted at the foot of the list of plates or facing it"" Sabin 102541. This copy has no erratum slip suggesting it may be among the earliest copies preceding the discovery of the error. Without publisher's advertisements. A second edition in two volumes was also published in 1799. Sabin 102541. Howes W235. Cox II 176. Staton & Tremaine 708. Stevens 2808. Stiles 1921. Lowndes 2868. Rich 1799. In a royal armorial binding possibly from Carlton House the residence of George IV during the regency with a royal armorial bookplate.Mild dampstaining to top edge of frontispiece and title page text fairly clean with modest foxing to maps and plates one leaf with minor expert paper repair; handsome contemporary binding with light wear. hardcover
1800ys3217A Paris, imprimerie de Munier, Chez Lepetit jeune, libraire, Palais Egalité galeries de bois, n°225 Relié 1800 "Deux volumes in-8 (13 x 19,6 cm), reliure demi-parchemin, 321 et 344 pages, tomes 1 et 2 (sur 3) de ce ""Voyage au Canada"", édité en l'an VIII (1799-1800). Le tome 2 contient 4 gravures (l'ouvrage complet contient une carte générale du pays et onze planches) ; coupes usées, quelques petits tampons de libraire, traces sur la première garde du tome 2, par ailleurs intérieur frais, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
1799D14040London: John Stockdale 1799. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments 5 raised bands; complete set of 2 volumes 8vo; pp. xxiii 1 427; xii 376; plus 16 folding engraved plates including large hand-colored map. A little light scuffing along joints; some faint spotting to upper board of Volume 2. About a 2-inch tear to hand-colored map repairable; text blocks a bit browned mostly confined to first and last few leaves of each volume. A nice set. <br/><br/>An account of late-18th century America by Weld a long time member and eventual Vice President of the Royal Society of Dublin. It includes his impressions of important US citizens of the day Washingon Jefferson as well as the many pages on his perception of the Native American Indians. John Stockdale hardcover books
18001005852 vols. 8vo modern half morocco & marbled boards spine ruled in gilt raised bands morocco lettering pieces new endpapers. Illustrated with 16 folding views plans and maps; xix 1 427; viii 376 pp. Minor aging and some darkening to a few pages and some foxing to one plate. Near fine condition. Weld an Irishman came to America in 1795 when he was nineteen. This work narrates his travels through the former colonies along the eastern seaboard and the Canadian provinces. Very popular at the time it was published Weld comments on the population and social habits and customs of the people he saw. According to Howes Weld seemed to prefer Canada to the States. Compared to the similar works of this period Weld seems to be fairly objective on most things. However whether or not his observation that Americans lose their teeth prematurely is accurate would be hard to substantiate. Contains several interesting views of Niagara Falls Mt. Vernon Bethlehem PA and a large map of the northern portion of the United States with inset of the southern States. John Stockdale hardcover books
1800WRCAM50821Paris 1800. Three volumes. 4viii5-321pp. plus six plates; 344pp. plus four plates; 4294pp. plus one plate and a large folding map. Half title in each volume. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards gilt leather spine labels. Minor shelf wear some sunning to spines. Contemporary French bookplate on pastedown of first volume. Internally clean. Very good. The scarce first French translation of Weld's TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795 1796 AND 1797. The date on the titlepages is given as "8" referring to the eighth year of the new French Republic after the Revolution. Weld an Irishman arrived in Philadelphia in late 1795 at the age of nineteen. His observations during two years of travels through eastern North America and Canada told through a series of letters comprise one of the most popular narratives of the day. Story wrote that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. The map shows the east coast of America south through North Carolina and west through the Great Lakes region with an inset map of the Great Lakes area as well. TPL 710. HOWES W235. LANDE 890 ref. CLARK II:132 ref. GAGNON I:3701 ref. JCB II:4062 ref. SABIN 192541 ref. hardcover books
