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1784LBW-9055Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1784. In-4 de (2) ff., xxiv-80-26-32-28 pp. ; maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, filets dorés encadrant les plats, armes au centre, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1798PHO-657Paris, De l’Imprimerie de la République, An VI-An VIII [1798-1800]. In-4 (28x22 pour les T.I et II,31,5x24 pour le T .IV) ,xii, cxliv, 628, [3] ; xvi, 676, [2] ;[xi], 431, [1];[2],viii, 158pp, relié couverture d’attente éditeur en cartonnage beige chiné , non rogné , le tome IV n’étant pas ouvert ,défauts d’usage , papier à grandes marges et bruni aux bords ,mouillures au tome III , quelques rousseurs ,tome II reliure demi cuir sous emboîtage à l’identique.Tome I,III et IV premier tirage , Tome II ,1841, ,édition originale remise en vente en 1841 avec un titre de relai portant la mention fictive , "nouvelle édition"(quelques exemplaire imprimés en 1798 n'avaient pas trouver preneur) .L’illustration comprend 16 planches dépliantes gravées sur cuivre, numérotées de I à XV, dont une planche notée VI bis, toutes réunies dans le 4éme tome . Les 15 cartes gravées par Bouclet, Collin, Tardieu, Fortier, etc., levées pour les côtes nord-ouest de l’Amérique du Nord, les îles des Marquesas de Mendoça (îles Marquises), les îles Tupaya (dans l’actuelle Polynésie française), la baie de Tchinkîtâné (actuelle Sitka Sound, près de la ville de Sitka en Alaska), les îles de la Reine-Charlotte (archipel canadien au large de la Colombie-Britannique), les îles Sandwich (Hawaï), le détroit de Magellan, le détroit entre les îles Banca et Billiton (actuelle Belitung) en Indonésie, etc., et une jolie planche à caractère ethnographique (n°V) représentant des échasses de Whûtahô, une des îles de l’archipel des Marquises. Le tome I renferme un tableau dépliant donnant les concordances de mots français avec la langue de Wahîtahô et le tome IV les Observations sur la division hydrographique du Globe .
1798PHO-1092Deuxième reliure de la première édition. Édition originale in-4 sur grand papier, remise en circulation en 1841 avec un nouveau titre avec la mention fictive "nouvelle édition" (quelques exemplaires imprimés en 1798 n'avaient toujours pas trouvé preneur). Une édition octavo en six volumes a également été publiée. in-4 ,y compris l'atlas. Avec 16 (10 dépliantes) dont 15 cartes gravées, 1 planche gravée et table dépliante. - Beau demi-cuir contemp , dos lisse avec titre et tomaison , petits manques au dos , quelques mouillures intermittentes et vieille trace d’humidité (T1), déchirure carte hydrographique sans manque. xii, cxliv, 628, [3] ; xvi, 676, [2] ;[xi], 431, [1];[2],viii, 158pp.
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
1795E0029<b>Samuel Hearne was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean</b><br /><br />xliv458 pages with two of four engraved plates after drawings by the author both folding and four of five folding engraved maps. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 3/4" bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine. HillI page 141. Sabin 31181 First edition.<br /><br />Manuscript journal was found by La Pérouse when he captured Fort Albany; later one of his conditions of surrender was that it be published. Samuel Hearne 1745 – November 1792 was an explorer fur-trader author and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean In 1774 Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. From 1769 to 1772 Hearne was employed in north-western discovery searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians as "Far-Away-Metal River". These copper mines were found in the Barren Lands where the ground is permanently frozen to within a few inches of the surface creating in many areas vast stretches of mosquito- and fly-infested swamp during the summer thaw. For this reason it was decided that travel in winter was preferable. His first attempt began on 6 November 1769. The large size of the expedition and too much European equipment being carried led to the desertion of his Indian guides and the failure of the expedition. His second commencing 23 February 1770 failed because his quadrant was broken and much of his equipment was stolen. Learning from the mistakes of the first two expeditions Hearne contrived to travel as the only European with a group of Indians led by the great chief Matonabbee. The group also included eight of Matonabbee's wives to act as beasts of burden in the sledge traces camp servants and cooks. This third expedition set out in December 1770 in order to reach the Coppermine River in summer by which he could descend to the Arctic in canoes. Matonabbee kept a fast pace so fast they reached the great caribou traverse before provisions dwindled and in time for the spring hunt. Here all the Indian hunters of the north gathered to hunt the vast herds of caribou migrating north for summer. A store of meat was laid up for Hearne's voyage and a band of warriors joined the expedition. Matonabbee ordered the women to wait for his return in the Athabasca country to the west. The Chipewyans were generally a mild and peaceful people however they were in a state of conflict with the Inuit. A great number of Indians joined Hearne's party to accompany them to the Coppermine River with intent to murder Inuit who were understood to frequent that river in considerable numbers.2 On July 14 1771 they reached the Coppermine River a small stream flowing over a rocky bed in the "Barren Lands of the Little Sticks". A few miles down the river just above a cataract were the domed wigwams of an Eskimo camp. At 1am on July 17 1771 Matonabbee and the other Indians fell upon the sleeping Eskimo in a ruthless massacre. Approximately twenty men women and children were killed; this would be known as the Massacre at Bloody Falls. A few days later Hearne was the first European to reach the shore of the Arctic Ocean by an overland route. By tracing the Coppermine River to the Arctic Ocean he had established there was no northwest passage through the continent at lower latitudes. This expedition also proved successful in its primary goal by discovering copper in the Coppermine River basin. However an intensive search of the area yielded only one four-pound lump of copper and commercial mining was not considered viable. Matonabbee led Hearne back to Churchill by a wide westward circle past Bear Lake in Athabasca Country. In midwinter he became the first European to see and cross Great Slave Lake. Hearne returned to Fort Prince of Wales on 30 June 1772 having walked some 5000 miles and explored more than 250000 square miles.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Rebound in attractive leather with raised spine bands. Lacks frontispiece map and two plates. Plate I A North West View of Prince of Wales's Fort and Plate IV A Winter view of the Athapuscow Lake. Some internal spotting. Small repair to title page and verso and front free end paper edge else a better than very good copy. Printed for A Strahan and T Cadell hardcover books
1795E0029<b>Samuel Hearne was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean</b><br /><br />xliv458 pages with two of four engraved plates after drawings by the author both folding and four of five folding engraved maps. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 3/4" bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine. HillI page 141. Sabin 31181 First edition.<br /><br />Manuscript journal was found by La Pérouse when he captured Fort Albany; later one of his conditions of surrender was that it be published. Samuel Hearne 1745 – November 1792 was an explorer fur-trader author and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean In 1774 Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company its first interior trading post and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. From 1769 to 1772 Hearne was employed in north-western discovery searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians as "Far-Away-Metal River". These copper mines were found in the Barren Lands where the ground is permanently frozen to within a few inches of the surface creating in many areas vast stretches of mosquito- and fly-infested swamp during the summer thaw. For this reason it was decided that travel in winter was preferable. His first attempt began on 6 November 1769. The large size of the expedition and too much European equipment being carried led to the desertion of his Indian guides and the failure of the expedition. His second commencing 23 February 1770 failed because his quadrant was broken and much of his equipment was stolen. Learning from the mistakes of the first two expeditions Hearne contrived to travel as the only European with a group of Indians led by the great chief Matonabbee. The group also included eight of Matonabbee's wives to act as beasts of burden in the sledge traces camp servants and cooks. This third expedition set out in December 1770 in order to reach the Coppermine River in summer by which he could descend to the Arctic in canoes. Matonabbee kept a fast pace so fast they reached the great caribou traverse before provisions dwindled and in time for the spring hunt. Here all the Indian hunters of the north gathered to hunt the vast herds of caribou migrating north for summer. A store of meat was laid up for Hearne's voyage and a band of warriors joined the expedition. Matonabbee ordered the women to wait for his return in the Athabasca country to the west. The Chipewyans were generally a mild and peaceful people however they were in a state of conflict with the Inuit. A great number of Indians joined Hearne's party to accompany them to the Coppermine River with intent to murder Inuit who were understood to frequent that river in considerable numbers.2 On July 14 1771 they reached the Coppermine River a small stream flowing over a rocky bed in the "Barren Lands of the Little Sticks". A few miles down the river just above a cataract were the domed wigwams of an Eskimo camp. At 1am on July 17 1771 Matonabbee and the other Indians fell upon the sleeping Eskimo in a ruthless massacre. Approximately twenty men women and children were killed; this would be known as the Massacre at Bloody Falls. A few days later Hearne was the first European to reach the shore of the Arctic Ocean by an overland route. By tracing the Coppermine River to the Arctic Ocean he had established there was no northwest passage through the continent at lower latitudes. This expedition also proved successful in its primary goal by discovering copper in the Coppermine River basin. However an intensive search of the area yielded only one four-pound lump of copper and commercial mining was not considered viable. Matonabbee led Hearne back to Churchill by a wide westward circle past Bear Lake in Athabasca Country. In midwinter he became the first European to see and cross Great Slave Lake. Hearne returned to Fort Prince of Wales on 30 June 1772 having walked some 5000 miles and explored more than 250000 square miles.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Rebound in attractive leather with raised spine bands. Lacks frontispiece map and two plates. Plate I A North West View of Prince of Wales's Fort and Plate IV A Winter view of the Athapuscow Lake. Some internal spotting. Small repair to title page and verso and front free end paper edge else a better than very good copy. Printed for A Strahan and T Cadell hardcover
17200101766London: printed for D. Browne at the Black-Swan etc. 1720. Leather Bound. pp. 4 304. 8vo. Full leather binding in Cambridge style with an expertly rebacked spine. Leather title labels lettered in gilt 5 raised bands. Ink spill to foredge of 50 pages. "An account of the expedition of 1711 by its leader written as a reply to criticisms of his conduct of the unfortunate affair" - Sabin 101050. TPL 148. With leather bookplate of W A William Alfred Westropp Foyle Beeleigh Abbey: who along with his brother founded the iconic eponymous London bookshop; and a second bookplate featuring a lion and unicorn with only "Libertas No 3494 printed for D. Browne at the Black-Swan, etc. unknown
17788670Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1778. 2 volumes in-4 de [4]-389-[1]-XIX-[3]; [8]-500-XXXII pages, plein veau marbré brun, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches mouchetées, petits accrocs aux coiffes supérieures, épidermures, coupes et coins frottés, tampon sur les pages de titre, quelques pâles rousseurs.
1798PHO-2367Paris, De l’Imprimerie de la République, An VI-An VII [1798-1799]. Texte : 5 volumes in-8 (22,5x14cm), 1f.-CCI-1f.-294pp.-1f., VII-529pp. (3 tableaux dépliants), VIII-474pp.1f. (8 tableaux dépliants), VIII-494pp., XII-559pp.-2ff., relié toile moderne, pièce d’auteur, titre et tomaison, non rogné, mouillure. Atlas : 1 vol. In4° (4) (26,5x22cm), VIII-158pp.-1f., 15 cartes et 1 gravure. Demi veau, titre et tomaison au dos, frottements, coins usés, accroc au dos, charnière fendillée, piqures sur quelques feuillets et cartes, renforcement et réparation sur 1 carte, la carte 15 en fac-similé Rare édition in-8, parue en même temps en format in-4, accompagné de l’atlas correspondant au tome 4 de l’édition in-4.
175614384A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez Duchesne, 1756. In-12 de XLVII-(1)-352 pp., veau marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin noir (reliure de l'époque).
170820836A Rouen, chez Jean-Baptiste Besongne, 1708. In-12 de [14]-236-[2]-7 pages, plein veau brun, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, roulette dorées sur les coupes, tranches mouchetés rouge.
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.
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
175222438London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet 1752. First Edition. 8vo pp vi 84 95 with 3 folding maps. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt rules. Small bookplate "Lavington" on front pastwdown and one "From the Wilberforce Library Backsettown" on front free endpaper. Frontis map slightly misfolded but overall a near fine copy. Robson was a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who had worked as a surveyor and "Supervisor of the Buildings" i.e. construction superintendent. His experiences convinced him that the Company was mismanaging its holdings so badly that all of northern North America would soon be taken over by the French. Hill 1477 describes this account as one of the earliest and certainly the fullest of works that had hitherto been published on the Hudson Bay Territory" and explains that "Robson with a sound knowledge of the locale and of the personnel of the Hudson's Bay Company condemned the company for its failure to promote enterprise and development in its lands." The first 84 pages are the narrative the remaining portion of the book is an appendix giving an account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay and English activities there. The maps are: "A Draught of Nelson & Hayes's Rivers" Plate I "A Draught of Churchill River" Plate II and "Plans of York and Prince of Wales's Fort" Plate III which also includes an illustration of two snowshoe designs. Field 1312; Graff 3532; Sabin 72259; Smith 8728; Streeter VI 3648 TPL 217 Lande 1418. Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet unknown
1795PHO-2286Paris, chez Buisson, An 3 de la République (1795), 4 volumes Texte : 3 tomes in 8° (21x13,5cm), XXIV-391pp, (4) 386pp, et (4) 371pp., veau raciné époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre rouge et tomaison noire, tranches dorées, frises aux plats, roulettes interne, petits frottements. Atlas : in-4° (31,5x24cm), titre, table des planches, 28 planches HT, portraits, cartes, plans, vues. Exemplaire à toutes marges. Reliure d’attente, dos manquant, carte détachée avec tache aux plis,
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
178910440A Londres et se trouve à Paris, Chez Le Jay fils et Maradan, 1789. In-8 de XVI-336 pp., veau havane marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
17498859Paris, Ballard fils, 1749. 2 volumes in-12 de [4]-LVI-182-[4]; [4]-319 (la pagination saute de 312 à 315) pages, plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs richement ornés, pièces de titre et tomaison rouge et marron, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, simple sur les coupes, tranches dorées.
1796elala1784Quebec: William Vondenvelden 1796. 1796. 4to. pp. 2 p.l. 16 blank leaf. text in French & English on opposite pages. modern wrs. Order in council enforcing the terms of Jays Treaty 1794. The Treaty arranged reciprocal concessions regarding trade and commerce between the United States and British North America and provided for the appointment of a commission to settle the north-eastern boundary and for the withdrawal of British troops from American territory. Tremaine 994. Dionne I 40. Lande 552. TPL 692. Vlach 40. Vlach IP 66. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1796. unknown
1795PHO-1044Paris : Bastien, An III. (1795) 7 volumes in-8 ; AVEC , PAUW recherches philosophiques sur les Américains , An III , 3 volumes in-8 , XIV-421pp, 475pp,482pp. AVEC : PAUW : Recherches philosophiques sur les Égyptiens et les Chinois. Paris : Bastien, An III, 2 volumes in-8, carte dépliante (déchurure sans manque), XVIff,472pp , 466pp; AVEC : PAUW : Recherches philosophiques sur les Grecs. Paris : Bastien, An III, 2 volumes in-8 , XVI-400pp,366pp . Reliure d’époque en basane marbrée, dos lisse orné avec titre et tomaison , quelques manques de cuir , petit travail de ver sur 10ff ,Tome 1.
1763LBW-45201763. 564 x 865 mm.
1760PHO-12672 ouvrages en un vol. in-12, rel. d'époque, plein cuir marbré ,dorure sur les coupes, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés de fleurons dorés, titre dans une pièce de cuir marron, trois tranches rouges. Rousseurs, mouillures , manque la pièce de titre, coiffe sup. usé et fente intérieure
1798PHO-2046Paris, De l’Imprimerie de la République, An VI-An VII [1798-1799]. 5 volumes in-8 (22,5x14cm), 1f.-CCI-1f.-294pp.-1f., VII-529pp. (3 tableaux dépliants), VIII-474pp.1f. (8 tableaux dépliants), VIII-494pp., XII-559pp.-2ff., avec 13 cartes en copies, relié toile moderne, pièce d’auteur, titre et tomaison, non rogné, mouillures.
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
1745WRCAM51842Paris 1745. 2pp. on a folded sheet. In French. Previously folded. Two small holes along folds of blank leaf. Light foxing and tanning. Very good. An entertaining letter written in 1745 by French minister Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas to scientist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau at Versailles requesting on behalf of Gilles Hocquart the Intendant of New France in Canada that new thermometers and other scientific instruments be sent to Quebec. The author notes that although the old thermometers were graded to measure temperatures down to -15° on the Réaumur scale it had in fact only recently been -27° or -28°. Even if the thermometers had been able to measure temperatures that low according to Maurepas the cold had caused the measuring liquid inside the instruments to separate permanently rendering them useless in any event. He therefore asks that four new Réaumur thermometers capable of measuring down to - 35° be sent along with several astronomical instruments for making navigational observations. unknown books
