Travels in Lower Canada, with the Author's Recollections of the Soil and Aspect; The Morals, Habits, and Religious Institutions of That Country. With: Tour in Virginia, Tennessee, etc. By Elias Cornelius. (pp96-116)

SANSOM, Joseph

Edité par Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co, London, 1820

A couple of the more strident chapters were removed by the publisher of this, the first British edition. "We have hitherto had no accounts of Canada written by American travellers. We have only seen our next neighbours, through the magnifying glasses of superficial observers; who inverted the telescope, when they contemplated Independent America; . The author's Preliminary Observations. And so speak the publisher comment "Written by an American from Philadelphia who has nothing good to say about either the French or the British; the editor, for his part, has little good to say about the author. "The Editor of this London Journal has preferred to allow Mr. Sansom to speak for himself in his own words. that, as a specimen of Americanisms, used by a man of good education, the work would be a greater curiosity to those English readers, who are not aware of the deterioration which the language has suffered in the United States." 8vo, 22.5cm, first London edition, iv,116p., with 1 steel engraved view of Quebec, bound in early quarter dark brown sheep, two raised bands, gilt title along the spine, brown cloth boards, personal library ink call number on the title page, (no foxing) very good to fine copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 44009

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Titre : Travels in Lower Canada, with the Author's ...
Éditeur : Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co, London
Date d'édition : 1820
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : very good to fine