Travels in Canada and through the States of New York and Pennsylvania is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the ...
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Travels in Canada and through the States of New York and Pennsylvania is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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12mo., 19.7cm, First Edition, 2 volumes in One; x, 345 & iv, 357, [1]1pp., 1 diagram, in the original blind decorated boards, early rebacked in tan cloth with the original label patch layed down, wear on the board edges, corners worn, private library stamp on the front endpaper, a very good sound copy. (cdn). TPL 3574. Lande 489. Sabin 38219. Howes K-248. Dow p305. Gagnon I-1881. Morgan p214. Story p106. Waterston p118. -First Edition in English. An important mid-nineteenth century account of British North America by the well-known German author and traveller. The work is a very complete survey of the Canadas with rather more about French-Canadian life than found in most European books of the period. The American travels comprise only a small part of the two volumes. "A vital and detached account" (Story. p106.). The author toured Canada and the States in 1855, the acounts include chapters on Montreal, the Catholic Institute, Quebec, the Indians of St. Lorette, the Quebec Seminary, Ottawa, Toronto, Lake Simcoe, the Niagara Peninsula, emigration, railway communications in Canada, &c. "Kohl writes as linguist, folklorist and social observer. He notes 1 German settler in Trois-Rivieres, 50 in Quebec, 100 in Montreal (mostly German Jews). On a St. Lawrence steamer he counted 193 German emigrants, 32 Swedes, 30 Dutchmen and 40 Britons. Blacks, much in evidence in the 1850s, appeared superior to Indians in "vital temperament". He wrote several books and his well know Kitchi-Gami. Wanderings round Lake Superior. (London. Chapman & Hall. 1960), wherein Kohl carefully collected and recorded Indian legends and traditions". Waterston.
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None. Good. An uncommon two volume set of Kohl's account of his travels through Canada, New York and Pennsylvania; the first edition of the English translation. The first edition of the English translation of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. The binding of Volume I is signed by Westleys & Co. Library stamps from Kings Inns Library, Dublin, to the reverse of the title page and to the last page of Volume I and Volume II. Johann Georg Kohl (1808-1878) was a German travel writer, historian, and geographer. This is his account of his travels through Canada, New York and Pennsylvania, translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnett. With his companions, Kohl travels up through New York, into Vermont, then on into Montreal, Toronto, Niagra, and other parts of Canada. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart, with some fading to the spines and extremities, and a little staining to the boards, of both volumes. Slightly wear and a couple of losses to the head of both spines, and wear to the lower extremity of the front board to Volume I. The front hinge of Volume II is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good.
