Picturesque Canada; The Country as It Was and Is
Toronto / New York: Belden Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. Full leather with gilt embossed design and title on front and rear covers, Five raised bands with six gilt-tooled compartments. All edges gilt. 2 volumes. Vol. 1: frontis, engraved title, blank, title, publisher and date, contents iii, illustration list iv-ix, blank, pp. 1-440. Vol. 2: frontis, title, publisher and date, contents ix, list of illustration x-xiv, pp. 441-880. OVERSIZE GA2. Internally VG or better, front cover is detached from each volume, some damage to spine extremities which could be repaired. Gilt edging is bright and crisp. A solid set in need of repair. Item #108469
Each one of these two volumes is 440 pages long.On the same track as Picturesque America, only this track is to the north. A very crisp set. Over 500 wood engravings, many of them full-page. An uncommon set well-worth the investment of purchase and repair.
Price: $65.00