Travels Through The United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797; by the Duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt. by ROCHEFOUCAULT LIANCOURT, Duke de la - 1800: With an Authentic Account of Lower Canada. Three Maps, Several Tables, &c. Vol. IV

London, England: R. Phillips, 1800. Leather-bound. Good. NOTE: NO MAPS. Lacks Volume I. François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld" ... left England in 1794, and travelled to the United States. In 1795, he and five associates began a tour which covered much of the northern United States and Upper Canada. They crossed the Niagara River to Fort Erie and also saw Fort Chippawa. From there they travelled to Newark, Canada where they were entertained by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. [4] Their trip was cut short when they were prohibited from entering Lower Canada..." "...Rochefoucauld was one of the first promoters of vaccination in France; he established a dispensary in Paris, and he was an active member of the central boards of administration for hospitals, prisons and agriculture. His opposition to the government in the House of Peers led to his removal in 1823 from the honorary positions he held, while the vaccination committee, of which he was president, was suppressed. The… Read More

London: R. Phillips et al, 1800. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 717, [22] p. 22 cm. Fold-out map at beginning. Full tree leather. Front board nearly detached, only attached to front free endpaper and map which are also loosening. Rear board also loosening. Corners worn, spine scuffed, label missing. Bookplates and labels of former owners on front pastedown including Major General Robert Campbell and L. M. N. Campbell of Kintarbert. Faint ink notation on front pastedown. Tape repairs to map. Discoloured edge to title page. Pages are clean and neat otherwise.

London: R. Phillips, and Others, 1800. Second Edition . Full Leather. Fair+/No Dust Jacket. Complete in four volumes. Folding maps are seen as the frontis of each of the first three volumes. Volume IV with six plates are rear, as well as three folding charts in text. Book plates are seen on the front paste downs of each volume. The ink stamp of a masonic lodge is seen on the top edge of each volume. Several boards are detached. Covers show rubbing and light wear along edges. Light scattered foxing. All four volumes remain tight with contents being intact and generally clean. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.

London:: Printed for R. Phillips,, 1799.. First edition in English.. expertly rebound in full spotted calf; spines with raided bands, gilt-ruled and gilt-lettered. . Some inoffensive age-toning to the text; both volumes tight and sound.. 4to,. Illustrated with three folding maps and six tables..

london: R. Phillips, 1799. Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. Two (2) volumes in small quarto professionally rebound in Quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Raised bands with black leather title labels. New Endpapers. Original speckled edges. xxiv, 642 (14 pp index), 1-364, 321-686 (10 pp index) Folding map frontispieces to both volumes. Vol 1: Repair to Frontis map. Some minor pencil marginalia. Vol 11: Small tears to map facing page 16. The liberal Duke was travelling after being exiled from the Revolution in France. Insights into American leaders as well as native Americans and he was one of the first visitors to the newly founded capital of Upper Canada--York (now Toronto). Altogether a superior copy of this book..