Histoire Geographique de la Nouvelle Ecosse, Contenant le detail de sa situation, de son etendue & de ses limites; Ainsi que des differences demeles entres L'Angleterre & la France, au sujet de la possession de cette Province: Ou l'on en demontre l'importance, tant par rapport a notre Commerce, que pour la surete de nos autres Establishements dans l'Amerique Septrionale: Avec une exacte Description des Bayes, Ports, Lacs & Rivieres; de la Nature & des Productions du Pays, & des Moeurs & Usages des Indiens.
A Londres. [Paris?]. 1755. Hardcover. 16.5cm, 164p., in full contemporary mottled calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt flora panel decorations and borders, crimson leather label, library stamp on the tiltle page, else in fine condition, rare. (cgc) T.P.L. 211. (cf 210). Lande 445. Sabin 56137, Dionne II-471. Waldon. Biblio. Canadiana Published in Great Britain, 1519-1763, p330. Preface states the work to be written for prospective settlers and based on the Author's own observations and on Charevloix. It is one of the first statements of French-English rival claims in Nova Scotia. This work, possibly printed in Paris, is a translation by Etienne de Lafargue, 1728-1795 of, A Geographical History of Nova Scotia, q.v. with notes setting forth the French point of view on boundaries, treaty rights, etc. Item #37616
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