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: By W. Winterbotham. ; In four volumes. ; Vol. I[-IV]
Contributors: Scoles, John, 1772?-1853, engraver.; Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver.; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.; Tisdale, Elkanah, b. ca. 1771, engraver.
Edition: The first American edition, with additions and corrections.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 31647.
Publisher: Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid, bookseller and stationer, no. 106, Water-Street.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Portraits, caricatures, etc; 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 -- Early works to 1800; United States -- History; West Indies -- Description and travel; West Indies -- History
Other titles: Historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States ..
Notes: 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.

Plates engraved by William Rollinson, John Scoles, Elkanah Tisdale and Benjamin Tanner.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "In four volumes." on title page.

Signatures: v. 1, piþ́ A-Uþ́ Wþ́ Z-4Eþ́ 4Fþ́(-4F4); v. 2, [A]℗ø B-3Qþ́ 3Rþ́(-3R4) (3R3 verso blank); v. 3, [A]℗ø B-3Uþ́ (3U4 verso blank; 3C2 missigned 3C3); v. 4, [A]℗ø B-3Tþ́ 3U℗ø 3X-3Yþ́ [3Z]℗ø ([3Z]2 verso blank; 3M2 missigned 3K2)

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.

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.

"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)

"Subscribers names."--v. 4, p. [525-533]

"Directions to the binder."--v. 4, p. [535]

Evans 31647.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31647)