Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal
by BOSWORTH, Newton (ed.)
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Congdon & Britnell, 1901. Hardcover. Fair. Edition limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed, of which this is no. 66. Originally published in Montreal by William Greig, 1839. 284 p. interspersed with plates. 20 cm. Fold-out map at beginning, frontispiece, title page vignette, 20 other illustrations, including another fold-out. Cloth hardcover with blank impressing. Some white marks to boards, fading of cloth. Corners bumped and small tears in spine tail. Frontispiece map has large tear. Many pages tore when cut, leading to a generally rough edge. One plate detached. Some pages remain uncut.Some thumbing inside and small chip to a front endpaper.
Topics include: Jacques Cartier; Hochelaga; surrender to British; topography; churches; McGill College; etc.
Topics include: Jacques Cartier; Hochelaga; surrender to British; topography; churches; McGill College; etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123263
- Title
- Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal
- Author
- BOSWORTH, Newton (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Congdon & Britnell
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Montreal, Hochelaga, Quebec
- Bookseller catalogs
- Quebec;
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- Vignette
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- Tail
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- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
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- Fair
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...