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177623234London 1776. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. Second edition of this important report first issued in 1749 and bound here as issued with 12 other committee reports first published between 1737 and 1765. Folio 486 pp with one folding map not related to the Hudson's Bay report in a later binding of quarter leather and marbled boards. Each report has its own title page but a title page for the full volume is lacking; otherwise a fine copy. According to ESTC N69513 four volumes of these committee reports were officially ordered to be printed on 28 June 1773 and were published in 1774-1776. They were reprinted along with 11 additional volumes and an index between 1803 and 1820. The 1803 reprint of this report is commonly found but this 1776 edition is scarce. See Peel 26 TPL 213. In 1749 the House of Commons appointed a committee of enquiry into the lands and trade of the Hudson's Bay Company HBC. It was undertaken as a result of a petition made by a group led by Irishman Arthur Dobbs who hoped to have the HBC''s trade monopoly revoked on the grounds that their policies had led to a loss of British control of the fur trade and that showed little interest in promoting expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage. The Report offers a history of the Company from its formation and includes the journal of Joseph La France a pioneer trader with the Indians inhabiting the region of the Great Lake who describes visits into French Canada the state of the fortresses there and French trade with the Indians. It also includes testimony given before the Committee by many witnesses including serveral people employed by the HBC as well as merchants engaged in trade in HBC territory. The Appendix includes the text of the HBC's charter a list of vessels sent by the HBC in search of a Northwest Passage tables of the HBC's annual sales and exports "A Journal of a Voyage and Journey undertaken by Henry Kelsey to discover and endeavour to bring to a Commerce the Naywatamee Poets an unidentified people who may have been the Hidatsa or Gros Ventre 1691" and much other interesting material. hardcover
1759182869London: The London Magazine 1759. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Disbound from the London Magazine for November 1759. 9-1/2 x 7 in plus plain border of approx 1/4 inch. Originally folded into 4 panels. In very good condition with only minor discolouration. One insert "A Plan of the Action gained by the English near Quebec Sep.13.1759." A very nice copy. <br/> <br/> The London Magazine unknown
178822927Londres J.-P. Lyton 1788 -in-12 plein-veau 4 Tomes reliés en 2 volumes, reliure plein veau havane marbré in-douze (binding full calfskin in-12)(17,3 x 10 cm), RELIURE D'EPOQUE, dos long (spine without raised bands), décoré "or"et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre frappé "or" avec un filet "or" en encadrement, tomaison frappée "or", pièce de tomaison sur fond maroquin vert olive avec un filet "or" en encadrement, entre nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement d'un filet "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, roulette "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet "or" de part et d'autre et en tête et en pied, plats marbrés décorés à froid d'un filet à froid en encadrement, roulette "or" sur les coupes avec manques de dorure, toutes tranches lisses rouges, marque page en tissus, sans illustrations (no illustration) excepté une vignette au titre (différente à chaque fois) gravée sur bois en noir, en noir, (319) + (324) + (319) + (308) pages, 1788 Londres : J.-P. Lyton Editeur,
1764LBW-23811764. 221 x 349 mm.
1764LBW-2382[1764]. 208 x 297 mm.
1764LBW-23791764. 204 x 312 mm.
1764LBW-23851764. 208 x 340 mm.
1763LBW-45201763. 564 x 865 mm.
1764LBW-23781764. 214 x 328 mm.
1764LBW-23841764. 213 x 343 mm.
1757LBW-29471757. 209 x 329 mm.
1757LBW-29521757. 220 x 302 mm.
1780LBW-5929[1780]. 212 x 314 mm.
178018819genève pellet 1780 -in-4 une carte ancienne gravée sur cuivre (Copper etching) en noir par André, gravée par Arrivet. Format : 31 x 20,5 cm, pour illustrer l'uvre de l'Abbé Guillaume-Thomas Raynal intitulée "l'Histoire philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes", pli central horizontal normal venant d'un atlas( horizontal centerfold), 1780 Genève Pellet Editeur,
178018820genève pellet 1780 -in-4 une carte ancienne gravée sur cuivre (Copper etching) en noir par André, gravée par Arrivet. Format : 31 x 20,5 cm, pour illustrer l'uvre de l'Abbé Guillaume-Thomas Raynal intitulée "l'Histoire philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes", pli central horizontal normal venant d'un atlas( horizontal centerfold), 1780 Genève Pellet Editeur,
1780PHO-2207Nyon l’Ainé, Paris, 1780, 2 vol. in-12 de XIV - XVIII -389 pp. et 1 f.- 352 pp., relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges, petits manques au dos, coiffes sup. arasées, coins usés, légères épidermures.
1774WRCAM11950London 1774. pp.1899-1904. Folio. Dbd. Very good. with: AN ACT FOR AMENDING AND EXPLAINING AN ACT. London. 1775. pp.1227-29. Folio. Dbd. Very good. These acts proposed to pay for the court system in Quebec and Canada by putting a duty on hard liquor and charging licensing fees. unknown books
1721WRCAM13347Paris 1721. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree concerning the importation of Canadian beaver pelts into France. This is a variant of the issue listed by Wroth; OCLC locates only one copy at Harvard which appears to be Wroth 890. Not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 890 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONIZATION OF AMERICA 224 this copy. OCLC 70682396 ref. unknown books
1791WRCAM12536Quebec: Samuel Nielson 1791. Four issues. 2; 2; 4; 4pp. Printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Slightly ragged on left margin. Very good. This extraordinary series of supplements to the QUEBEC GAZETTE demonstrates the extent to which feeling for the French Revolution had permeated the French population of Canada and the degree to which the British government was prepared to tolerate the expression of such Revolutionary sentiments. Most of the text of each issue all of the first two and part of the third and fourth is devoted to a long "Scheme of a Constitution" extracted from a late French publication entitled "Les Actes des Apotres." While recognizing monarchy as the necessary executive branch the text calls for a balance of power between the courts legislatures and executive. A surprising and interesting series to find published in Canada at this time in the same year that the Constitutional Act granted the first representative government to Canada. Not listed separately by Tremaine nor are supplements recorded in the appendix devoted to the .GAZETTE; however she notes two runs which include "almost all" of the supplements. Samuel Nielson unknown books
180052682c.1800. The course of the river is shown in two parts from Lake Ontario to Quebec and from Quebec to Point Manicouagan Copper engraving. In fine condition but right-hand margin close cropped 4 mm at most narrow point Later colouring. Size: 23.2 x 41.4 cm. 9 x 16½ inches unknown
1788WRCAM12524Quebec: William Brown 1788. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Dbd. some dust soiling at top and bottom else very good. Contains a proclamation by Lord Dorchester for the regulation of the civil courts of Canada as well as general news of the town ship arrivals etc. William Brown unknown books
1792WRCAM12534Quebec: Samuel Nielson 1792. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Torn at bottom corner affecting a few words else very good. This issue contains two proclamations by Allured Clark the lieutentant-governor acting in the absence of Lord Dorchester. The first is an ordinance for cases appealed to the Executive council while the second relates to the law courts. The remainder of the issue is taken up with news items and advertisements. Copies are noted by Tremaine in an appendix. Samuel Nielson unknown books
1753PHO-10961753 , à Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale , in-4 (260 x 200 mm) , relié plein veau marbré époque , dos à nerf orné ave pièce de titre rouge , tranches rouge , léger accidents aux coiffes , une charnière fendillée , bel exemplaire illustré d'un bandeau gravé par Gobin d'après le peintre Flotte de Saint-Joseph, et 7 planches dépliantes : 6 cartes gravées par Dheulland, un tableau de calculs astronomiques.
1785PHO-1570Paris, Moutard, 1785. 3 volumes in-8, demi veau époque, dos à nerfs, charnières fendues, coiffes absentes, coin et coupes usés, 3ff.-viii-519pp., 2ff.-591pp., 2ff.-477pp., quelques rousseurs.
