New Brunswick; With Notes for Emigrants

23x14 cm. Original cloth boards, rebacked with modern cloth spine. Ex-library, withdrawn, with scattered blind and rubber stamps. half-title, xv, 388 pp., 5 plates. The list of plates also calls for a map, but this was apparently never produced. Gesner "was enthusiastic about the potentialities of his adopted province, and did not hesitate to predict the future development of its riches" (DCB). He worked for five years for the government of New Brunswick, primarily producing a geological survey of the province. During this time Gesner accumulated data regarding its climate, topography and natural resources. Lande 270, TPL 2846,Sabin 27223, Gagnon I 1502.