Optimus Template

No

Auther/ Publisher

Description

£

click to enlarge

1

Bayfield

TGS

Sketch of the River and Gulf of St.Lawrence, 1833, not to scale, 3.5"x6.5" on same page as engraved illustration of Natural Columns of Limestone on the East Side of Niapisca Island, one of the Mingan Islands, together with original published article, Notes on the Geology of the North Coast of the St.Lawrence, 14pp. Uncoloured engravings, flat on same page. Brown spotting in margins, otherwise in good condition

£12

2

Dawson et al

Geological Map of Canada and Newfoundland sheet 2, covering New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and adjacent Quebec, 1881. Scale 1:1,584,000. Colour print, 44.5x68cm. Title block states "originally printed 1865", facsimile signature of Selwyn (2^nd director of GS of Canada) indicates this copy printed after 1869. Copy in McCord Museum, Montreal, dated 1881; only example on web and in an incomplete set. Early example of colour printing with typical minor misregistration of colours. Minor marginal tears not affecting map area. Centre fold with paper fin for binding into original atlas. In good condition.

£75

3

Dawson et al

Geological Map of Canada and Newfoundland sheet 3, covering southern Ontario and adjacent Quebec, 1881. Scale 1:1,584,000. Colour print, 44.5x68cm. Title block states "originally printed 1865", facsimile signature of Selwyn (2^nd director of GS of Canada) indicates this copy printed after 1869. Copy in McCord Museum, Montreal, dated 1881; only example on web and in an incomplete set. Early example of colour printing with typical minor misregistration of colours. Minor marginal tears not affecting map area. Centre fold with paper fin for binding into original atlas. In good condition.

£75

4

Goad, Charles

Map of the Province of New Brunswick and Eastern part (Gaspe Peninsula) of the Province of Quebec showing cities, towns and villages of population 400 or more, also Counties & Townships and Railways with Location of Stations, etc, 1894. Scale 12=15miles (1:950,400). Not a geological map. Colour print, 63.5x53cm, flat, with minor marginal tears and a short grub trail not affect map or frameable area. Chas E Goad, civil engineer provided fire insurance maps all over Canada and the British Isles; this was the front map for a fire insurance atlas of the centres in the area listed in the title. In good condition.

£25