Item #40410 A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interior of North America, between the 47th and 58th degrees of North Latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about 5,000 miles , including an account of the principal occurrences, during a residence of nineteen years, in different parts of the country. To Which Are Added, a concise description of the face of the country, its inhabitants, their manners, customs, laws, religion, etc. and considerable specimens of the two languages, most extensively spoken; together with an account of the principal animals, to be found in the forest and prairies of this extensive region. Illustrated By A Map Of The Country. Daniel William HARMON.

A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interior of North America, between the 47th and 58th degrees of North Latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about 5,000 miles , including an account of the principal occurrences, during a residence of nineteen years, in different parts of the country. To Which Are Added, a concise description of the face of the country, its inhabitants, their manners, customs, laws, religion, etc. and considerable specimens of the two languages, most extensively spoken; together with an account of the principal animals, to be found in the forest and prairies of this extensive region. Illustrated By A Map Of The Country.

Andover. Printed by Flagg and Gould. 1820. 8vo, 20.5cm, The First Edition, 432p. complete with half-title, engraved frontis portrait, engraved folding map, and publisher's errata note laid in on the rear endpaper, foxing but less than usual, original full sheep boards, expertly re-backed in calf, gilt panel rules, crushed red morocco label, gilt titles, inner linen hinges, contemporary name on the free fly, J. Russell Harper's copy, in fine condition, rare thus. (cgc). Item #40410

Provenance: With JRH book ticket of John Russell Harper, on the front paste down endpaper. Harper.. OC, FRSC (April 13, 1914 November 17, 1983) was an eminent Canadian art historian who is considered to have pioneered the field of art history in Canada. Lande 1216. T.P.L. 1171. Peel (3)-117. Sabin 30404. Wagner-Camp 17. Gagnon I-1609. Field 656. Graff 1786. Howes H-205. Gagnon notes that Harmon's account, with that of Gabriel Franchere and Alexander Henry, are the three most important and valuable sources we have on the Canadian West. Harmon, a partner in the North West Company, travelled throughout the Great Lakes and Western Canada, 1800-1819. Hjourneyed upwards of 5,000 miles through Lake Superior, from Fort William to Lake Winnipeg, and through the Assiniboine and Athabaska districts. The map shows tribal locations of the Plains and Mountain Indians. This copy is complete with the four key elements, half-title, portrait, map, errata-slip, one or more of which is usually missing. "Editor Daniel Haskel took some liberties with the narrative and the moral and religious tones woven into it are hardly consistent with life on the Indian frontier. An important book in spite of Mr. Haskel"; Wagner Camp 17; Streeter VI- 3692; Strathern 245; Gagnon I: 1609: "Cet ouvrage de Harmon... avec ceux de FranchŠre et de Henry, sont les documents le plus pr‚cieux que nous avons pour l'histoire de l'Ouest Canadien."; Peel 71; Amer. Imprints 1518. The work is a classic in the history of the fur-trade and of the Canadian northwest; the map includes the area between Quebec and the Northwest Coast, locating the native tribes. Contains specimens of the vocabularies of the Cree Indians and the Tacullies.

Price: $3,000.00

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