23cm, iv,116p., 1 engraving view of Quebec, (foxed), inthe publisher's original printed boards containing ads for their seriesof "Modern Voyages and Travels, indicating the present titles is No. 1.- Vol. III. in frame border on the upper cover and more book ads on thebottom, fine, rare (cgc) T.P.L. 4844. Sabin 76707. cf. Waterston p29.Written by an American from Philadelphia who has nothing good to sayabout either the French or the British; the editor, for his part, haslittle good to say about the author. "The Editor of this London Journalhas preferred to allow Mr. Sansom to speak for himself in his ownwords. that, as a specimen of Americanisms, used by a man of goodeducation, the work would be a greater curiosity to those Englishreaders, who are not aware of the deterioration which the language hassuffered in the United States." This second edition, published inBritain, deletes anti-British chapters and Sansom's enumeration of"palpably erroneous reports" by Bouchette and others. (Waterson). Seller Inventory # 33256

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Title: Travels in Lower Canada, with the ...

Publisher: London. Printed for Sir Richard Phillipsand Co. 1820

Binding: Hardcover

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