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WANSEY, Henry (1751-1827). An Excursion to the United States of North America, in the Summer of 1794. Salisbury: J. Easton, 1798. 12mo. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of George Washington in profile, fold-out view aquatint (in black and white) of the State House in Philadelphia, and a fold-out table. Bound in contemporary half calf, corner pieces in vellum, over marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt (front board nearly detached, binding worn, soiled, rear hinge starting, text occasionally toned, foxed, fold-out view torn in half and repaired, foxed). Second edition, with additions, of this early English view of the nascent United States of America. Sabin 101240.