[Rarebooks] FS: Lambert's TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, 1813, with 17 plates and a large hand-colored folding map

[Charles Agvent]

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LAMBERT, John. TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH 
AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, & 1808. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE LEADING CHARACTERS IN 
THE UNITED STATES. London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. Second Edition. 
Corrected and Improved. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes in period 
diced calf leather with later rebacked leather with gilt-lettered maroon 
morocco spine labels; xxxiv, [2], 544; viii, 532 pages. Illustrated with 
18 engraved plates including a large hand-colored folding map 
frontispiece, a full-page hand-colored map of Quebec, 6 hand-colored 
costume engravings, and 10 engravings of views tinted by hand with a 
sepia wash. Lambert "admired the easy independence and happiness of the 
Canadians, and the rising prosperity and freedom of the Americans." 
Lambert traveled through New York, South Carolina (in Charleston he 
admired the beautiful women, tasteful homes, and treatment of slaves), 
Georgia (he was taken with the health and homes of the inhabitants of 
Savannah), Boston, Quebec, and Montreal. Later bookplates to blank 
endpapers of second volume. Large map with a few closed tears and tape 
repairs, some off-setting from plates, one leaf with small archival tape 
repair, some occasional small stains, overall Very Good.

Clark II-157: "written in a chatty and informal style"; Howes L-40; 
Lande 506; Sabin 38734. (#018395)        $1,500.00


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