An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies - ECU Libraries Catalog

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, 1763-1829
Format	Book and Microform
Edition	The first American edition, with additions and corrections.
Publication Info	New-York : Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid, bookseller and stationer, no. 106, Water-Street, 1796.
Description	4 volumes : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 22 cm (8vo) + 1 atlas.
Subject(s)	Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits. Washington, George, 1732-1799--Caricatures and cartoons. 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.

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Other author/creator	Scoles, John, 1772?-1853 engraver.
Other author/creator	Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver.
Other author/creator	Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creator	Tisdale, Elkanah, approximately 1771- engraver.
Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31647 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31647. ^A478749
General note	Re-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 note	Plates engraved by William Rollinson, John Scoles, Elkanah Tisdale and Benjamin Tanner.
General note	Edition statement transposed; precedes "In four volumes." on title page.
General note	Signatures: v. 1, pi⁴ A-U⁴ W⁴ Z-4E⁴ 4F⁴(-4F4); v. 2, [A]² B-3Q⁴ 3R⁴(-3R4) (3R3 verso blank); v. 3, [A]² B-3U⁴ (3U4 verso blank; 3C2 missigned 3C3); v. 4, [A]² B-3T⁴ 3U² 3X-3Y⁴ [3Z]² ([3Z]2 verso blank; 3M2 missigned 3K2).
General note	Vol. 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 note	Errors 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
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31647).
Genre/form	Subscribers' lists.
Other title	Historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States ...

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