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Book Condition: Used Very Good
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

United States
About Item: xii+602+plate list+[1 ads] pages with folding frontispiece, folding hand-colored engraved map of the St. Lawrence and 27 plates: 25 aquatints (6 folding) and 1 line engraving. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 3/4") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands with black label in gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Dow, Niagara pages 127-130; Field 687; Lande 433; Sabin 31489; TPL 805) First edition. This work is of more than strictly Canadian interest--most of the book is dedicated to "a comparative view of the manners and customs of the Indian nations of North and South America," including a 31-page Algonquin dictionary. George Heriot arrived in Canada in 1792, the beginning of a quarter-century association with the colony. In his first years. In 1796, he returned to Britain, travelling along the south coast and in Wales before spending some months at the University of Edinburgh. After preparing some paintings for exhibition at the Royal Academy, he left for Canada. Shortly after his return to Quebec, he… Read More
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