The Stranger in America: Containing Observations Made During a long Residence in that Country, on the Genius, Manners and Customs of the People of the United States; with Biographical Particulars of Public Characters; Hints and Facts Relative to the Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Emigration, and the Slave Trade.

London: Albion Press, for James Cundee, 1807. First edition. Quarto (11 ¼" x 8 ¾"; 285mm x 220mm). With 9 hand-colored aquatint plates. Engraved additional title with hand-colored vignette and frontisepiece. Plan of Philadelphia. Bound in original blue paper boards with paper label to the spine. Housed in a green cloth slipcase and chemise with brown moroco spine. Uncut. Edges worn and boards stained. Foxing, staining and off-setting throughout. Spine partly detached. Charles William Janson was an Englishman who lived in America from 1793-1805. Upon returning to England, he wrote a book very critical of the United States. He covers a broad array of topics including bear attacks and bees. The title page is the earliest known published image of the White House, and the view of Mount Vernon is also very early. There is a manuscript ownership of Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1783-1850) to the title page. She was an English scientist, writer, and artist, the daughter of Royal Naval Officer Captain Thomas Symonds. In the 1840s, she became an authority on silkworms and devloped a friendship with Charles Darwin, who she met at the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Sabin 35770.…