Weld,I. Journey through the North American Free States and through Upper and Low…
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Weld,I.

Journey through the North American Free States and through Upper and Lower Canada in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. freely translated from the English. Bln., Haude u. Spener 1800. with 1 plan a. 5 copper plates. 4 pp., 410 pp. mod. Bindery with gold stamped title. Sabin 102537. Engelmann I, 220. Cox II, 176. First German edition, published at the same time as the editions by Oehmigke and Voss. - Lively travelogue in epistolary form about the immigration possibilities of the Irish, especially about the Canadian provinces. - The plan with a ground plan of Washington, the engravings showing the rocky bridge in Virginia and the Niagara trap (3) as well as a view of Washington's estate Mount Vernon. - Throughout somewhat browned, in places somewhat foxed.

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Weld,I.

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