An Account of the United States of America
London: W. R. McPhun, 1823. Foldout map, viii, 476p, foldout table. Contemporary richly gilt polished calf with marbled end papers and foredge. Full page illustration on p400. First edition. Based on Isaac Holmes account derived from actual observations after a residence of four years in the Republic. Nicely bound by James Condie, Paisley with his binder's ticket attached to the inside front board. From the Library of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie (1714 - 1782) with his bookplate on the inside front board. Speirs was the son of an merchant from Edinburgh who was a plantation owner in Virginia. He returned to Scotland in 1740 to become a leading tobacco merchant. Complete with the hand colored map, illustration on p400 and foldout tables. Small marginal spot on p394 otherwise a well preserved copy in a signed binding with an interesting historical provenance. Sabin #32602, Howes #611, Rich II #20, p149, Item #10276
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