(TRAVEL) Weld Isaac Travels through the States of North Amer

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(TRAVEL.) Weld, Isaac. Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. Folding map colored in outline, 4 other maps and plans, 11 plates. 4to, contemporary calf, joints split, moderate wear; lacks errata slip, foxing to some plates, ink marks on one Niagara plate, but generally quite clean; bookplate on front pastedown. With [8] pages of undated publisher's ads. In modern cloth slipcase. London, 1799

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first edition. Weld was an Englishman who travelled to Philadelphia, from where he made several excursions, including Virginia and Canada. He met Washington and Jefferson. "One of the most valuable Niagara Falls records we have"--Dow, Niagara I:97. Clark, Old South II:132; Howes W235 ("aa"); Sabin 102541; TPL 708.