[Rarebooks] FS: TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES, 1813, with 18 Plates

[Charles Agvent]

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. 
First Issue (with title page dated 1813) of this Corrected and Improved 
Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes in contemporary polished 
calf leather rebacked at an early date with gilt-lettering on the 
spines; xxxiv, 544, [2]; 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. CLARK II-157: "written in a chatty and informal 
style"; HOWES L-40; LANDE 506: “The author travelled through New York, 
South Carolina, Georgia, Boston, Quebec, and Montreal, and gives 
important information as to trade, ship-building, and manufactures, as 
well as social sketches”; SABIN 38734. Later bookplates to pastedowns; 
some offsetting to maps and plates, scattered few stains, folding map 
with a patch on verso causing an area of browning near stub. Overall 
Very Good. (#021485)        $1,500

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