MEMOIRE DU SIEUR DE RAMEZAY, COMMANDANT A QUEBEC, AU SUJET DE LA REDDITION DE CETTE VILLE, LE 18 SEPTEMBRE 1759, D'APRES UN MANUSCRIT AUX ARCHIVES DU BUREAU DE LA MARINE, A PARIS
by [Ramezay, Jean B.N. Roch
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Quebec, 1861. [2],84,38pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and cloth. Bit tanned, else very good. Ramezay was commander of Fort Nipigon on Hudson Bay in 1742. In 1759, during the siege of Quebec, after Vaudreuil fled following Montcalm's defeat, he valiantly tried to save Quebec from the British but was forced to capitulate. Not in TPL. HOWES R24. SABIN 67021.
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- MEMOIRE DU SIEUR DE RAMEZAY, COMMANDANT A QUEBEC, AU SUJET DE LA REDDITION DE CETTE VILLE, LE 18 SEPTEMBRE 1759, D'APRES UN MANUSCRIT AUX ARCHIVES DU BUREAU DE LA MARINE, A PARIS
- Author
- [Ramezay, Jean B.N. Roch
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Quebec
- Date Published
- 1861
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...