Travels Through The United States Of North America, The Country Of The Iroquois, And Upper Canada, In The Years 1795, 1796, And 1797; With An Authentic Accounty Of Lower Canada La Rochefoucault-Liancourt, Duc De Books

28x22 cm. First edition in English. Later 1/2 leather with red morocco spine label and raised bands gilt. Rear joint going. TEG, other edges uncut. 642, [12] pp. folding map with later linen backing. Internally excellent. Stevens, Son & Stiles - Rare Americana Catalogue, [1926], No.1869: "The extremely rare First Issue in English. . The first Issue in 4to., of which the present copy is an example, consists of one volume only, quite complete in itself, and from the Translator's Preface there does not appear to have ben any intention of extending the work. It was, however, re-issued in the same year with a reprinted title-page and a second volume added." Sabin 39057: "The observations of this distinguished author, made during a three years' residence, extend to the political constitution of the country, the manners, etc., of the inhabitants, its physical state and natural history. The translator appears to have executed his task faithfully, and to be well acquainted with the country described. His notes frequently increase the information, and sometimes correct the errors of the original." The map shows from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and includes the proposed, but never created, states of Franklinia in western North Carolina and Morgania in what later became Missouri. Map references: Dotson & Baker (OWA) 14.2, Baynton-Williams 11, McCorkle 799.9. This edition of La Rochfoucauld-Liancourt's Travels is sufficiently rare that it is not mentioned in Howes, Clark, or Sabin, even though it clearly is a predecessor to the 2-volume edition of 1799 which is most frequently referred to as the first edition in English of this important work. Clark (Old South) 2: 103, Howes L106, Sabin 39057.