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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.

Author/creator Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829
Format Electronic and Book
EditionThe first American edition, with additions and corrections.
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid, bookseller and stationer, no. 106, Water-Street, 1796.
Description4 volumes : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Portraits.
Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829--Portraits.
Penn, William, 1644-1718--Portraits.
Zoology--America.
America--Description and travel.
America--History.
United States--Description and travel.
United States--History.
West Indies--Description and travel.
West Indies--History.
Other author/creatorScoles, John, 1772?-1853 engraver.
Other author/creatorRollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorTisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835 engraver.
Other author/creatorTiebout, John, 1772?-1826, printer.
Other author/creatorO'Brien, Edward, -1799, printer.
Other author/creatorReid, John, 1764?-1828, bookseller.
General noteRe-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.
General notePlates engraved by William Rollinson, John Scoles, Elkanah Tisdale and Benjamin Tanner.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "In four volumes." on title page.
General noteVol. 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.
General noteErrors 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.
General note"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).
General note"Subscribers names."--v. 4, p. [525-533].
General note"Directions to the binder."--v. 4, p. [535].
General noteReproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References Evans, 31647
References Goldsmiths', 16562
References English Short Title Catalog, W12698.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formSubscribers' lists.
Other titleHistorical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States ...

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