A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada, With Remarks upon Upper Canada, and on the Relative Connexion of Both Provinces with The United States of America
BOUCHETTE, Joseph
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Lt.-Col. Joseph Bouchette (1774 1841) was Surveyor-General of British North America. This book, written immediately after the War of 1812, contains the sum knowledge of what was known about the Canadas at that time.
Publication Info
Publisher: Printed for the Author, and Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and the Prince Regent
Edition: First Edition
Date Published: 1815
Place Published: London
ISBN: n/a
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Condition: Very good
Signed: No
Dust Jacket: No
Jacket Condition: n/a
Details: xv, 640, lxxxvi, [2] p. 24 cm. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bouchette. Half leather with marbled paper boards. Attractive gold and black impressing on spine. Scuffing to boards and small spot on spine. Front hinge cracked internally. Lacks plates. Small ink notation on front pastedown, ink stamp at top of title, tiny marks pp. 68-70 and ink marks on Errata page at rear. Early ink inscriptions on dedication page and opposite. Thumbing. Small hole in a front endpaper.
