Québec

1862 · 36853 — Quebec: Printed at the "Mercury" Office 1862. First edition. 3 woodcut illustrations by John Henry Walker the eminent Canadian illustrator and engraver. Pp. 122 including frontispiece and 8 pages of advertisements dated May 22 1862 mostly for train or steamboat travel in the pagination folding map 9 1/2 x 5 inches creased soiling along outer edge trimming of lower margin affecting imprint. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Original rose cloth stamped in blind with all-over wavy pattern covers with ruled borders floral cornerpieces inset cloth label in upper cover with title within gilt ruled border. Some chipping of lower spine darkening or light discoloration a few stains on cloth endpapers browned else a very good copy with the signature of T. W. Baldwin Quebec '66. First edition. 3 woodcut illustrations by John Henry Walker the eminent Canadian illustrator and engraver. Pp. 122 including frontispiece and 8 pages of advertisements dated May 22 1862 mostly for train or steamboat travel in the pagination folding map 9 1/2 x 5 inches creased soiling along outer edge trimming of lower margin affecting imprint. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. RARE. Contains G. T. Cary's "County Seats on the Shores of the St. Lawrence Round Quebec" and Sir James McPherson LeMoine's "the Legendary Lore of the St. Lawrence." Sir James MacPherson LeMoine 1825-1912 noted Canadian author published several works on Quebec and the lower St. Lawrence. He is best known for his publication "Maple Leaves" a series of miscellanies published from 1863-1906. The Cary family founded the Quebec "Mercury" in 1805 and it remained in the family for three generations. Not in Lande Printed at the "Mercury" Office unknown