HERIOT, George

[Travels Through the Canadas; Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes; With an Account of the Productions, Commerce, and Inhabitants of those Provinces: to Which is Subjoined a comparative View of the Manners and Customs of Several of the Indian Nations of North and South America.] - Analyses of New Voyages and Travels, lately published in London (series). No title page as issued.

[London, Printed For Sir Richard Phillips, 1808]. 8vo, 20.2cm, 232,[vii,i], (index & binding directions), with 4 folding aquatint plates ( Quebec from Cape Diamond; Falls of Montmorenci in Winter; Fall of the Grand Chaudiere, on the Outaouais River & the famous "Canadian Minuets"), wanting binding, the plates are a bit toned but are good clear strikes, bookplate, a fine copy. (cdn) These sepia toned aquatint plates are smaller than those in the quarter edition but it still has four of the charm the plates Heriot is known for. T.P.L. 809. This is volume seven (part 3), 232p. (abridg-ment of a work published in 1801) from Sir R. Phillips "A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels, 1805-10", in 11 volumes. Without a separate title-page as issued. The printed bookplate of G. Gordonsmth, on the front paste-down endpaper, contain an historical illustration of Montreal, 1760. Item #36700

Price: $200.00