Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and the Present State of the City and Island of Montreal by Bosworth, Newton (editor) - 1901

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Applewood Books, 2006-04-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Frontis and 22 b&w. ills., fldg map in rear

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.

Montreal: William Greig, 1839. Book. Illus. by With numerous Engravings.. Good+. Quarter Leather. 12mo. A decent copy with rear joint split and backstrip lifting away but still holding to worn front joint. Owner's name on ffep. Title-page and fronticepiece tissue-guard loose but present. Slight ghosting of plates onto tissue guards and occasionally onto facing pages (not affecting legibility). Maps intact and legible but affected by slight self-ghosting of print. Otherwise, text clean. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ].

Montreal, Canada: William Greig, 1839. Edited by Newton Bosworth. With numerous illustrative engravings, 22 Plates, 2 being fold-out maps from 1839 and one earlier of Montreal. Several of the Plates have 3 engravings per page. Plates and Maps are FINE. 284 pages. Original brown cloth, rebacked, blind-stamped, gilt title on spine. Book is tight, solid; inside pages are in VG+ condition. Overall VG.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Montreal: William Greig, 1839., 1839. 12mo. pp. 7 p.l., [9]-284. engraved title, 2 folding plans, & 44 illus. on 20 plates, engraved by P.Christie after drawings by James Duncan (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (fraying to spine ends, front joint & corners, some modest offsetting from plates). armorial bookplate of Thomas Rodman Merritt [1824-1906], president of the Imperial Bank of Canada. First Edition. The series of engravings illustrating the work include views of Montreal from the Canal, the Haymarket, the Mountain, and St. Helen's Island, as well as depictions of the various architectural landmarks of the city (Church of Notre Dame, Hôtel Dieu Chapel, Nelson's Monument, Theatre Royal, Government House, Bank of Montreal, &c). They are engraved after drawings by James Duncan [1806-1881], "one of the first of Montreal's historic artists." (Lande) Spendlove refers to him as "one of Canada's first lithographic draughtsmen" and a… Read More