2 vols. xix, [1], 427; viii, 376 pp. Illustrated with 16 folding copper-engraved views, plans & maps, 1 hand-colored. (8vo) 8½x5¼, modern half morocco & marbled boards, spines ruled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, new endpapers. 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.