The British Dominions in North America; or, A Topographical and Statistical Description of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. 1832. Binding: contemporary dark green morocco rebacked expertly, title in gilt on flat spine, spine decorated with gilt ruled compartments, upper and lower board with decorative gilt ruling, verso decorated with gilt floral ruling.
, Notes: “Joseph Bouchette’s books have played an important part in the geography and topography of Canada. Some them were illustrated by himself and he was also a noted cartographer.” (Spendlove pg. 86) “This work is a greatly expanded version of Bouchette’s Topographical Description, published by Faden, with some plates and maps, in 1815. Volumes I and II… were first published in 1831 by Colburn and Bently in exactly the same form, except from the different title-page imprints. Longmans reissued the book with their name on the title page, and they added a third volume, the Topographical Dictionary, which, as can be seen, was produced as a distinct work, with no volume indication on the title-page. (Abbey Travel) “Joseph Bouchette was a surveyor general and a militia and naval officer. From 1826 to 1829 Bouchette collected data for the book. Though he was assured of the government’s backing (the assembly had promised to buy 100 copies), as well as of support from his many friends in England, it still took him three years of effort to get three volumes published, this time only in English. The first two were entitled “The British dominions in North America; or a topographical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada”, and the third “A topographical dictionary of the province of Lower Canada”.” (Canadian Biography) Bouchette’s regional maps and two topographical descriptions of Lower Canada are still considered an essential reference for knowledge of the territory. Bouchette became Surveyor General of Lower Canada, replacing his uncle Samuel Holland. The Township of Bouchette in Quebec was named in his honour, as well as Bouchette Street in Toronto.
Colonel Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841) was the Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America. His book, Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada was published in London in 1815 and also translated into French. It contained the sum knowledge of the territory at that time. The township of Bouchette, Quebec, was named for him.
, Size: Large Quarto, , Illustration: Illustrated complete with 31 plates (one map is hand coloured), as listed in the lists of plates; these include: Vol I: 1. an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white, and the following hand-coloured plates entitled: 2. "Inscription on the New Monument ... Source of the St. Croix ''; 3. "Upper Canada // Brock's Monument // Queenston Heights'' (Vignette); 4. "Sketch of By-Town, Ottawa River''; 5. "Union Bridge: By-Town. // , Ottawa River''; 6. "Plan and Elevation of the Union Bridges .... Ottawa River''; 7. "Plan // of // York Harbour''; 8. "Plan // of the Town of // Goderich // Upper Canada''; 9. "Plan // of the Town of // Guelph // Upper Canada''; 10. "Sketch of // Niagara River // between Queenston ..."; 11. "Lower Canada // Monument to Wolfe and Montcalm. // Quebec." (Vignette); 12. "View of the City of Montreal'' (folding view); 13. "City // of // Montreal // 1830" (map); 14. "City of Quebec." (view); 15. "City of Quebec'' (map); 16. "Falls of Montmorency. // Winter'' (view); 17. Forges of St. Maurice (three stacked views); 18. "Village of St. Hyacinthe."; 19. "Isle aux Noix n the River Richelieu''; 20. Fort and Basin of Chambly (view); 21. "Kilborn's Mills, Stanstead. ..."; 22. "Harrowers Distillery & Mill ..."; 23. "Long's Farm on Lake Temiscouata...". Vol II: 24. "View of Halifax..."; 25. Shubenacadie Canal - from Halifax (Plan); 26."Figurative Plan, & Views, of the Island of St. Paul."; 27."New Government House, // Frederickton, N.B.''; 28. "The Great Falls on the River St. John, New Brunswick." (view); 29."Barracks, and Market House, Fredericton."; 30. "On the Kenibeckasis near St. John '' (view); also in vol II uncoloured: 31. "Projected Plan of Four Townships // Emigrant Settlements // in the British Colonies of North America''. Also, two plates at the end of vols I and II: at p.498 of vol I and p.296 of vol II tabling Post Towns., Volume: two volumes in one., References: Sabin: 6848; Abbey Travel 622; Dictionary of Canadian Biography: 97-98., Category: Book Canada. Fine and handsome example, texts and plates are clean and crisp. Item #B6336
Binding: contemporary dark green morocco rebacked expertly, title in gilt on flat spine, spine decorated with gilt ruled compartments, upper and lower board with decorative gilt ruling, verso decorated with gilt floral ruling.
, Notes: “Joseph Bouchette’s books have played an important part in the geography and topography of Canada. Some them were illustrated by himself and he was also a noted cartographer.” (Spendlove pg. 86) “This work is a greatly expanded version of Bouchette’s Topographical Description, published by Faden, with some plates and maps, in 1815. Volumes I and II… were first published in 1831 by Colburn and Bently in exactly the same form, except from the different title-page imprints. Longmans reissued the book with their name on the title page, and they added a third volume, the Topographical Dictionary, which, as can be seen, was produced as a distinct work, with no volume indication on the title-page. (Abbey Travel) “Joseph Bouchette was a surveyor general and a militia and naval officer. From 1826 to 1829 Bouchette collected data for the book. Though he was assured of the government’s backing (the assembly had promised to buy 100 copies), as well as of support from his many friends in England, it still took him three years of effort to get three volumes published, this time only in English. The first two were entitled “The British dominions in North America; or a topographical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada”, and the third “A topographical dictionary of the province of Lower Canada”.” (Canadian Biography) Bouchette’s regional maps and two topographical descriptions of Lower Canada are still considered an essential reference for knowledge of the territory. Bouchette became Surveyor General of Lower Canada, replacing his uncle Samuel Holland. The Township of Bouchette in Quebec was named in his honour, as well as Bouchette Street in Toronto.
Colonel Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841) was the Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America. His book, Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada was published in London in 1815 and also translated into French. It contained the sum knowledge of the territory at that time. The township of Bouchette, Quebec, was named for him.
, Size: Large Quarto, , Illustration: Illustrated complete with 31 plates (one map is hand coloured), as listed in the lists of plates; these include: Vol I: 1. an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white, and the following hand-coloured plates entitled: 2. "Inscription on the New Monument ... Source of the St. Croix ''; 3. "Upper Canada // Brock's Monument // Queenston Heights'' (Vignette); 4. "Sketch of By-Town, Ottawa River''; 5. "Union Bridge: By-Town. // , Ottawa River''; 6. "Plan and Elevation of the Union Bridges .... Ottawa River''; 7. "Plan // of // York Harbour''; 8. "Plan // of the Town of // Goderich // Upper Canada''; 9. "Plan // of the Town of // Guelph // Upper Canada''; 10. "Sketch of // Niagara River // between Queenston ..."; 11. "Lower Canada // Monument to Wolfe and Montcalm. // Quebec." (Vignette); 12. "View of the City of Montreal'' (folding view); 13. "City // of // Montreal // 1830" (map); 14. "City of Quebec." (view); 15. "City of Quebec'' (map); 16. "Falls of Montmorency. // Winter'' (view); 17. Forges of St. Maurice (three stacked views); 18. "Village of St. Hyacinthe."; 19. "Isle aux Noix n the River Richelieu''; 20. Fort and Basin of Chambly (view); 21. "Kilborn's Mills, Stanstead. ..."; 22. "Harrowers Distillery & Mill ..."; 23. "Long's Farm on Lake Temiscouata...". Vol II: 24. "View of Halifax..."; 25. Shubenacadie Canal - from Halifax (Plan); 26."Figurative Plan, & Views, of the Island of St. Paul."; 27."New Government House, // Frederickton, N.B.''; 28. "The Great Falls on the River St. John, New Brunswick." (view); 29."Barracks, and Market House, Fredericton."; 30. "On the Kenibeckasis near St. John '' (view); also in vol II uncoloured: 31. "Projected Plan of Four Townships // Emigrant Settlements // in the British Colonies of North America''. Also, two plates at the end of vols I and II: at p.498 of vol I and p.296 of vol II tabling Post Towns., Volume: two volumes in one., References: Sabin: 6848; Abbey Travel 622; Dictionary of Canadian Biography: 97-98., Category: Book Canada.
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