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. ; Vol. I[-IV].

Author/creator Winterbotham, William
Format Electronic
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 ; 22 cm (8vo) + 1 atlas
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

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.
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 31647. ^A478749
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].
References Evans 31647
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31647).
Genre/formSubscribers' lists.
Other titleHistorical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States ...

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