xxviii 1-500 ii [p. 500 misnumbered 49] Quarto rebound in handsome three-quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt with gilt raised bands; new marbled endpapers. Slight occasional browning some pages browned due to quality of paper else fine. Illustrated with nine hand-coloured full-page engravings, one hand coloured in-text engraving and engraved coloured title page, one full page engraved map, and numerous diagrams. FIRST EDITION. With the rare hand-coloured plates. The author Charles William Janson lived in America from 1793-1805 and traveled quite extensively. He did not approve of the democracy supported by Jefferson or any of the southern states. Howes says "Janson draws a picture of unrelieved black but one worthy of attention because of the length of his stay and the breadth of his interests. He covers an astonishing variety of subjects in a loose topical arrangement ..." Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. View of the City and Port of Philadelphia, on the Delaware. 2. Title page. Front view of the President's House in the City of Washington. 3. View of Boston from the Bay. 4. View of the Hell Gate; the Entrance from Long Island Sound to New York. 5. High Street, Philadelphia, with an American Stage wagon. 6. View of Second Street, north from Market Street with Christ Church. 7. The Bank of the United States of America. 8. Mount Vernon, the Seat of the late President Washington. 9. Philadelphia Theatre, in Chestnut Street. 10. High Street from the Country Market Place, Philadelphia, with the Commemoration of the Death of General Washington.