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[2],153,[3]pp. plus large folding map, 36 x 19 1/4 inches. 12mo. Original green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Map detached from book, with tape reinforcements on verso along several folds. Else clean and very good. A rare anonymous Canadian guide book, containing Edward Staveley's fine engraved map of Canada: "A Map of Canada, Compiled from the latest Authorities. By Edward Staveley. Montreal, 1848. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnson, Edinburgh, for Armour & Ramsay, Montreal." With inset maps of Montreal, Quebec, Niagara, Kingston, and Toronto. This map is well-known and first appeared separately in 1844. The text consists of interesting descriptions of tourist destinations, historical essays, a tariff schedule for all manner of produce, and accounts of the primary Canadian cites and towns. This is the fourth issue of the map and the first edition of THE CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. TPL 2975. GAGNON I:661. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.197. DIONNE 565. SABIN 10627. Seller Inventory # WRCAM22323
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK, WITH A MAP OF THE ...
Publisher: Armour & Ramsay, Montreal
Publication Date: 1849
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