12mo (148 x 87 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates; engraved folding map with hand coloring (some minor separations to folds reinforced verso); 4 engraved double-page folding maps (the map of New York separated along fold). (Some overall browning or spotting.) Original publisher's cloth, printed label to upper cover (possibly lacking printed label on spine, joints starting, some soiling and overall wear). Provenance: Alexander J. McLane (gift inscription, 1 April 1859). 

Second edition, preceded by an edition of 1840, with engraved plans of Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.  The engraved folding map, The Travellers Guide or Map of the Roads, Canals & Rail Roads of the United States, depicts the United States east of the Mississippi River with inset plans of several cities.