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On the coins of Ancient France by the intendant of Quebec View picture(s) 1 BOUTEROUE D'AUBIGNY, Claude. Recherches curieuses des monoyes de France depuis le commencement de la monarchie. Paris, Edme Martin, 1666. Folio. Contemporary full sprinkled calf, ribbed spine with red title label lettered in gold, covers with gilt central armorial piece of 'The Society of writers to the Signet' and gilt triple ruling, gilt binding edges and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. Title printed in red and black with engraved allegorical vignette by N. Bonnart, showing a press for coinage, numerous engravings in text of which seven full-page (on pp. 336, 342, 349, 354, 359, 364 and 370), engraved headpiece and initial, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (16), 398, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Archaeology  Canada  Classical Antiquity  Economy  France  Numismatics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Canadian Indians as victims & perpetrators of violence View picture(s) 2 BRESSANI, Francesco Giuseppe. Breve Relatione d'Alcune Missioni de' PP. della Compagnia di Giesù nella Nuova Francia. Macerata (Umbria), heirs of Agostino Grisei, 1653. 4to. Seventeenth-century(?) limp sheepskin parchment. With a large woodcut Jesuit device on the title-page, woodcut initial, and a factotum built up from fleurons. [4], 127 [= 129], [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Canada  Jesuits  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Detailed early description on Newfoundland and Labrador View picture(s) 3 CHAPPELL, Lt. Edward. Voyage of His Majesty's ship Rosamond to Newfoundland and the Southern coast of Labrador of which countries no account has been published by any British traveller since the reign of Queen Elisabeth. London, R. Wates for J. Mawman, 1818. 8vo. Contemporary English diced Russia calf, double fillets along the edges of both sides, ribbed spine with black title label. With an engraved frontispiece, 1 folding engraved map coloured in outlines, 2 full-page engraved plates, and 5 engravings in the text. [10], XIX, [1], 270, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Arctic  Canada  Eskimo  Native Americans  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A voyage to Hudson Bay in search of the Northwest Passage View picture(s) 4 ELLIS, Henry. Reize naar de baai van Hudson, ter ontdekkinge van eenen Noord-wester doortogt, gedaan in de jaaren 1746. en 1747. Leiden, Elie Luzac jun., 1750. 8vo. Contemporary half red roan, spine ribbed and gilt with black title label. With title printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title, large folding engraved map (18 x 44.5 cm), and 9 engraved plates, mostly folding by N. van Frankendaal, with captions in French and Dutch. XXXII, 440 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Alaska  America, North  Arctic  Canada  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Travelling in North America in the second quarter of the 19th century View picture(s) 5 HAMILTON, Thomas. Die Menschen und die Sitten in den vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika von dem obersten Hamilton. Nach den dritten englischen Auflage überzetzt von L. Hout. Mannheim, Heinrich Hoff, 1834. 2 volumes in one. 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with dark blue marbled paper. IV, 190; [2], 252 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Canada  Native Americans  New York  Politics  Religion  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The manners of the North American Indians View picture(s) 6 LAFITEAU, Joseph François. De zeden der wilden van Amerika zynde een nieuwe uitvoerige en zeer kurieuse beschrijving van derzelver oorsprong, godsdienst, manier van oorlogen, huwelyken, opvoeding, oeffeningen, feesten, danzeryen, begravenissen, en andere zeldzame gewoonten. The Hague, Gerard vander Poel, 1731. 2 volumes bound as 1. Folio. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. With title-pages printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved map of the America's, and 41 full-page engraved plates. [6], 36, [18], 300; [4], 301-555 [= 560] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, North  Canada  Discovery & Exploration  Dutch  France  Jesuits  Native Americans  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of one of the best descriptions of Indian life in Canada, greatly contributing to the image Europeans had of North America in the 18th century View picture(s) 7 LAHONTAN, Louis-Armand de LOM d'Acre, Baron de. Nouveaux voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui contiennent une rélation des différens peuples qui y habitent; la nature de leur gouvernement; leur commerce, leurs coutumes, leur religion, & leur maniere de faire la guerre. The Hague, Freres l'Honoré, 1703. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary brown panelled calf with gilt lettering on ribbed spine, gilt binding edges, marbled and gilt endpapers. Titles printed in red and black; with two full-page engraved emblematical plates ('Orbis Patria' and 'Et leges et sceptra terit') bound in front of both parts, 2 large folding maps of 575 x 415  and 680 x 290 mm. of Northern America (Canada), and 23 engraved maps & plates illustrating the life of the Indians and the animals of Northern America. (22), 279; 220, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, North  Canada  France  French  Native Americans  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the Hudson's Bay Territories; presentation copy by the author View picture(s) 8 MARTIN, Robert Montgomery. The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's island, with an exposition of the chartered rights, conduct, and policy of The Honorable Hudson's Bay Corporation. London, T. and W. Boone (printed by T. Brettell, London), 1849. 8vo. Original brown blind stamped gilt cloth. With a large folding map by James Wild, coloured in outlines, and a half-page steel-engraving of an 'Indian village at the Red River settlement', on p. VIII. VII, 175 pp. [added: [26] pp.]. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Canada  Economy  Native Americans  Northern Passage  Pacific  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch edition of Palmer's 'Journal of Travels' through America in 1817 View picture(s) 9 PALMER, John. Dagverhaal eener reize in de Vereenigde Staten van Noord-America, en Neder-Canada, gedaan in 1817. Uit het Engelsch, met eene inleiding, bevattende een statistisch overzigt der Vereenigde Staten van Noord-America, volgens de beste en nieuwste berigten. Met eene nieuwe kaart. Haarlem, Heirs of François Bohn, 1820. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with gilt title on red morocco title-label, marbled boards. With newly designed large folding engraved map (ca. 347 x 445 mm) of America, engraved by D. Veelwaard (1766-1851) after Mellishes (Haarlem, Heirs of Bohn, 1820), with borders and outlines in contemporary handcolouring. 44, 318 (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Canada  Discovery & Exploration  Dutch  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The global adventures of an Austrian lady View picture(s) 10 PFEIFFER, Ida. Mijn tweede reis rondom de wereld. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Amsterdam, J.C.A. Sulpke, 1856. 3 volumes. 8vo. Modern half calf with gilt title on spine, marbled boards. Each volume with chromo-lithographed title. XVI, 312; IV, 240; IV, 244 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Americana  Canada  Dutch  East Indies  Indonesia  Travel & Voyages  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare 18th-century pamphlet relating to French America View picture(s) 11 [CANADA - FRANCE]. Arrest du Conseil d'Etat du Roy et lettres patentes sur icelui. Portan règlement pour empêcher les abus & fraudes sur les marchandises du commerce des Iles, qui jouisset du bénéfice de restitution des droits lorsqu'elles sont portées à l'étranger, & sur celles qui jouissent de la faculté du transit dans le Royaume. [No place, no publisher, 1744]. 4to. Unbound as issued. 11, [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [North]  Canada  Law  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of an important history of Canada View picture(s) 12 [FAILLON, Etienne Michel]. Histoire de la Colonie Française en Canada. Villemarie [= Montréal], Bibliotheque Paroissiale, 1865-1866. 3 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half calf. XIII, [3], XXIII, 551; XXIV, 568; XXIII, 548 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Canada  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war View picture(s) 13 [MOREAU, Jacob-Nicolas]. Lettres d'un François a un Hollandois au sujet des differends survenus entre la France et la Grande Bretagne, touchant leurs possessions respectives dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Paris, P. La Rive, 1755. 4to. Modern boards preserving the original wrappers. 90 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, North  Americana  Canada  Colonial History  France  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting collection of optical views View picture(s) 14 [OPTICAL VIEWS]. [Collection of engraved optical views.] Augsburg, Probst, [ca. 1780]. Oblong folio. Collection of 19 engraved optical prints (ca. 32 x 42 cm), all beautifully coloured by hand, including 3 prints with perforations and cut-out windows with transparent coloured paper mounted on verso. Full description >> Related Subjects: Canada  Denmark  Prints - Games & Pastimes  Prints - History  Prints - House of Orange  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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