First edition of this important aquatint book on Canada and the Great Lakes, often issued with the plates uncoloured. The plates depict the landmarks of Canada including Quebec, the Azores, Montreal, St. Lawrence, and the Niagara falls. The latter half of the work is dedicated to the northern Native American tribes, particularly of their connection to the fur trade. Several plates display their costumes, and includes a vocabulary of the Algonquin languages.

George Heriot (1759-1839) was postmaster-general of British North America from 1799 to 1816 and was a distinguished watercolourist of his day.

First edition; 4to (27.5 x 22 cm); frontispiece hand-coloured aquatint folding view, 26 hand-coloured aqautint plates of which 5 folding, hand-coloured folding map, bookplate to front pastedown, a touch of offsetting from plates, the folding frontispiece has a large tear down one of its folds without any loss; contemporary full diced calf rebacked with original spine laid down, boards ruled in gilt, gilt spine with gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, turn-ins gilt rolled, later endpapers, a little rubbing with original board corners worn, lower hinge cracked but firm; xii, 602, [2]pp.

Abbey (Travel), 618; Hill 801.