HERIOT, George (1766-1844) #29;STADLER, #29;LEWIS,#29;
Travels Through the Canadas, Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery of some of the Rivers and Lakes; With an Account of the Productions, Commerce, and Inhabitants of those Provinces
London: Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1807. 1st. Hard Cover#29;#29;#29;. Very Good. xii errata, 602pp, plate list & ad, 4to, [27 x 22 cm] new half calf, raised bands, morocco labels, complete with folding frontispiece, 26 plates (5 folding), hand coloured folding map, 3 small plates with old tears repaired, 1 plate (Quebec from the Citadel) from another edition, folding plate of The Azores from another copy. Inside clean and very good. , , Aquatints by Stadler and Lewis after Heriot.#11;27 plates: 26 sepia aquatints (6 folding) & 1 line engraving. #11;All plates as called for in the list but a few are in the wrong place in the book.#11;Views of Quebec taken from Port Levi (folding frontispiece); The Azores, p14; View of St. Paul's Bay, p56; Quebec from Cape Diamond p62; Quebec from Beauport, p62; Falls of Montmorenci p76; Falls of Montmorenci in Winter p76; Falls of Chaudi!re, p84; Falls of Niagara Birches Mills, p90; Jeune Lorette, p90; Falls of La Puce, p90; Lower Falls of La Puce, p92; Ruins of Ch!teau Richer, p94; Lake St. Charles, p96; River Etchemin, p100; Bridge on the Jacques Cartier, p102; Montreal from the Mountain, p114; Cascades of the St. Lawrence, p120; Fort of Niagara, p150; Whirlpool of the Saint Lawrence, p158; Falls of Niagara Fort Slausser Side, p170; Grande Chaudi!re on the Outaouais River, p236; La Dance Ronde dancing. p256 (folding); Minuets of the Canadians, p258 (folding); Encampment of the Domiciled Indian s, p270 (folding); Costume of the Domiciled Indian s, p292 (folding); Moose Deer, p504; Hand-coloured engraved map of the St. Lawrence (folding)#11;Includes a printing of Father Rasle's vocabulary of the Algonquian language . #11;Hill 801; Prideaux, pp.254-55; Field 687; Lande 433; Sabin 31489; Streeter Sale 3658.
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