Lot 274
Heriot, George
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
£1,000
Description
Travels through the Canadas, containing a description of the picturesque scenery of the rivers and lakes. London: Richard Phillips, 1807. First edition, 4to, [xii, 602, [ii], folding hand-coloured map, 27 sepia aquatint plates after G. Heriot, 6 folding, contemporary tree calf, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine, plates offset onto text, stain to pp. 312-319, extremities rubbed, upper board detached
Footnote
Note: Cf. Abbey 618 describing the plates only that formed a separate issue entitled Coloured plates to accompany Heriot's Travels in the Canadas, in which the plates were hand-coloured. Sabin 31489