An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies By W. Winterbotham. In four volumes

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winterbotham, William
Other Authors: O'Brien, Edward (Printer), Reid, John, Rollinson, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New-York Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid, bookseller and stationer, no. 106, Water-Street 1796, 1796
Edition:The first American edition, with additions and corrections
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:"An atlas of twenty folio maps accompanies the work with a cover title: The atlas for Winterbotham's History of America,--which was also issued separately by the publisher, as 'The American atlas."'--Evans. The atlas is recorded as Evans 31078 and Bristol B9088 (Shipton & Mooney 47413). - "Directions to the binder."--v. 4, p. [535]. - "Subscribers names."--v. 4, p. [525-533]. - Edition statement transposed; precedes "In four volumes." on title page. - English Short Title Catalog, W12698. - Errors in paging: v. 3, p. 48, 191, 236 and 296 misnumbered 28, 192, 218 and 294; v. 4, p. 295-296 and 318 misnumbered 285, 297 and 218. - Evans, 31647. - Goldsmiths', 16562. - Plates engraved by William Rollinson, John Scoles, Elkanah Tisdale and Benjamin Tanner. - Re-issue of Winterbotham's A geographical, commercial, and philosophical view .. (Evans 29912) with new preliminaries in v. 1-2 and the addition of a subscription list and directions to the binder in v. 4. - Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. - Vol. 1: vi, [2], 590 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 493, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 519, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates; v. 4: [4], 516, [20] p., [16] leaves of plates
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (4 v) ill., plans, ports 8°