Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added, biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States
Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added, biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States
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A few notations in ink and pencil on each pastedown; small oval stamp ("Eastern District") on each title page; a fine, almost entirely clean, untrimmed set. 2 vols. Folding colored map; 17 engraved plates (seven colored); text illustrations. 8vo,
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8vo. 21.5cm, Second Edition, corrected and improved. in 2 volumes, xxxiv, 544 &viii, 532pp., with large engraved colour folding map, 1 engravedchart, and 16 colour aquatint plates, (The map, the chart of Quebecand the six costume plates are hand-coloured in full; the ten viewplates are in sepia), in contemporary half tan calf, gilt ruledraised bands, gilt device decorations & titles in the panels, marbled boards and endpapers, usual transfer on the plates, somewear on the edges and hinges (inner hinges sound), a very good tofine set with an important provenance. (cgc) Provenance: From thelibrary of Hon. L.R. Masson, with his name on the title page ofboth volumes, and small paper library number (788) at the top ofthe spine, on volume one. [Louis-Rodrigue Masson, lawyer, militiaofficer, politician, and office holder; b. 6Nov.1833 inTerrebonne, Lower Canada. He published Les bourgeois de laCompagnie du Nord-Ouest: rcits de voyages, lettres et rapportsindits relatifs au Nord-Ouest canadien (2v., Qubec, 1889 90), which includes an historical sketch and notes on the documentsreproduced. The work was reprinted in 1960 by the Antiquarian PressLimited of New York, no doubt because of the importance of theprimary materials it contains. Several archives hold materialsrelating to Masson. A detailed list of these repositories alongwith published sources, newspapers, and studies appears in theauthor's monograph Louis-Rodrigue Masson: un seigneur sans titres(Montral, 1985).a.d. ] DCB. T.P.L. 6994. Lande 506. Sabin 38734. Howes L-40. Clark II-157. Gagnon I-1926. Abbey Travels II-613. Oneof the most important works on pre-Confederation Quebec and one ofthe very few aquatint books on Canada. Lambert came to Lower Canadain 1806, officially to assist in the encouragement of thecultivation of hemp in the province, with a view to freeing GreatBritain from dependence on the Northern European market, thenplaced in a precarious position by Napoleon's Berlin decree. Hisefforts in this direction failed, but he remained three years inNorth America, travelling from Quebec and Montreal to New York, South Carolina, Georgia, and Boston. His informal and highlyreadable account of his travels and observations provides muchvaluable and interesting information regarding social life, education, religion, the aboriginal population, politics, agriculture, trade, manufactures, and ship-building. The platesdepict Canadian period costume as well as views of Lower Quebec; Three Rivers, Montreal, Plymouth, Mass., General Burgoyne'sencampment at Saratoga, and a plan of the siege of Quebec.
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Later bookplates to pastedowns; some offsetting to maps and plates, scattered few stains, folding map with a patch on verso causing an area of browning near stub. Overall Very Good. First Issue (with title page dated 1813) of this Corrected and Improved Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes in contemporary polished calf leather rebacked at an early date with gilt-lettering on the spines; xxxiv, 544, [2]; viii, 532 pages. Illustrated with 18 engraved plates including a large hand-colored folding map frontispiece, a full-page hand-colored map of Quebec, 6 hand-colored costume engravings, and 10 engravings of views tinted by hand with a sepia wash. Lambert "admired the easy independence and happiness of the Canadians, and the rising prosperity and freedom of the Americans." Lambert traveled through New York, South Carolina (in Charleston he admired the beautiful women, tasteful homes, and treatment of slaves), Georgia (he was taken with the health and homes of the inhabitants of Savannah), Boston, Quebec, and Montreal. CLARK II-157: "written in a chatty and informal style"; HOWES L-40; LANDE 506: “The author travelled through New York, South Carolina, Georgia, Boston, Quebec, and Montreal, and gives important information as to trade, ship-building, and manufactures, as well as social sketches”; SABIN 38734.