THE NORTHERN TRAVELLER; CONTAINING THE ROUTES TO NIAGARA, QUEBEC, AND THE SPRINGS; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL SCENES, AND USEFUL HINTS TO STRANGERS. WITH MAPS AND COPPERPLATES. New-York: Wilder & Campbell, No. 142 Broadway, 1825. 12mo, pp. [1-2] [i-iii] iv [5] 6-222, 4 plates, 16 maps, three-quarter black leather and marbled boards, spine panel titled and richly tooled in gold, all edges marbled. First edition. Lake George is the subject of one of the illustrations and there are maps of Lake George and Lake Champlain. The "Excursion to Lake George" is found on pages 115-130 and the "Return from Lake George to the Springs" is described on pages 130-135. The appendix includes "The Route from Boston to Winnipiseogee Lake and the White Mountains in New Hampshire," pages [173]-184. The descriptions of the route to and from various regions include considerable information on the American Revolutionary War and geology. Cole, 1976, citing various editions. Howes D607. Plum 1175. Signed and dated 1876 by R. R. Parry in pencil on the first page of text; his bookplate is affixed to the rear paste-down. Tiny book label of Richard Randolph affixed to the title page. A bit of spotting to pages, heavy on a few leaves, the usual offset from the engraved plates and maps, some scattered pencil markings in the text, a sound, good copy. (#179093).
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