Documents relating to Currency, Exchange andFinance in Nova Scotia, with prefatory documents, 1675-1758. Selected byAdam Shortt, completed with an introduction by V.K. Johnston, and Revisedand Edited by Gustave Lanctot.
Ottawa. Board of Historical Publications.1933. Hardcover. 25cm, xlix,495p. index, half bound in crimson morocco, raisedblack and gilt decorated bands, gilt extra border decorations in thepanels, gilt titles, red cloth boards, a fine copy in fine binding.(Atl) During this period some government publications were bound in apresentation binding. Typically 10 or 12 copies were done; one or two forthe author, one for assistants, one for the King's Printer, one for theMinister, etc. These bindings had a somewhat consistent style. While thepractice continued in some departments the binding in modern times is arather sad maroon buckram. Item #34419
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