Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

2 volumes, 8vo (199 x 122 mm). 7 engraved plates and maps, most folding, 3 with hand-coloring. (Some very slight spotting or offsetting to a few leaves, otherwise bright.) Original blindstamped green cloth by Edmunds & Remnant with their ticket (spines slightly sunned, short separation along portion of lower joint vol. II, some light wear to head of spine vol. I). Provenance: Stuard Rendel (bookplate); Bertrand Smith (bookseller's stamp pastedown).

FIRST EDITION, describing Lyell's travels through Canada, Boston, Virginia, and South Carolina. "Lyell's powers of close, accurate observation, coupled with his judicious temper, render his works on America among the best of his generation" (Clark, Old South III:199). Howes L-575; Sabin 42761.