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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. [MAUDE, John (1901-1986)]. Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1826. Large 8vo (221 x 159 mm). Half-title, engraved additional title, 8 engraved proof plates (few plates sprung, some spotting); errata slip at end. Original plum cloth, printed spine label (extremities unevenly sunned and with some fraying, front hinge starting with first few quires protruding). FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies. Contains a firsthand account of the author's round trip from New York to Niagara, Quebec, Lake Champlain, and back. Scarce in original publisher's cloth binding. Howes M429; Sabin 46916.