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Toronto: Congdon & Britnell, 1901. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. 284 pgs.19 b/w plates plus frontis and two folding maps.Reprint of the first edition published in Montreal by William Greig,1839 and limited to 500 copies.This is # 76.Signed by the publishers. A handsome copy with the cloth slightly worn through at corner tips and light shelf wear to the bottom of spine.Bookplate to front paste down endpaper and ink name to ffep.Ink name and date to publishers page.Text clean & bright.

Montreal: William Greig, 1839., 1839. 12mo. pp. 7 p.l., [9]-284. engraved title, 2 folding plans, & 44 illus. on 20 plates, engraved by P.Christie after drawings by James Duncan (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (fraying to spine ends, front joint & corners, some modest offsetting from plates). armorial bookplate of Thomas Rodman Merritt [1824-1906], president of the Imperial Bank of Canada. First Edition. The series of engravings illustrating the work include views of Montreal from the Canal, the Haymarket, the Mountain, and St. Helen's Island, as well as depictions of the various architectural landmarks of the city (Church of Notre Dame, Hôtel Dieu Chapel, Nelson's Monument, Theatre Royal, Government House, Bank of Montreal, &c). They are engraved after drawings by James Duncan [1806-1881], "one of the first of Montreal's historic artists." (Lande) Spendlove refers to him as "one of Canada's first lithographic draughtsmen" and a… Read More