Canadian Scenery: District of Gaspé
Canadian Scenery: District of Gaspé

Thomas Pye, 1866

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Canadian Scenery: District of Gaspé
Thomas Pye, 1866
PYE, Thomas (1840-c.1877). Canadian Scenery: District of Gaspé. Montreal: John Lovell, 1866.
 
First edition of an attractive and informative view book of coastal Canada. It seems that part of the goal of this publication was to encourage the continuation of the Intercolonial Railroad and further settlement of the region. Sabin 66864.
 
Folio (330 x 250mm). Lithographed map, 20 tinted lithographs on 19 sheets (some light toning and occasional staining). Contemporary publisher's stamped cloth (neatly rebacked preserving original cloth, neat repairs around edges).

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