Heriot Georg (1 results)

4to. 26.5cm, the First Edition, xii,602,[ii]p., with 27 aquatint plates by Stadler and Lewis after Heriot (6 being double folding) and a folding coloured map, in full contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt border and center device decorations and spine titles, gilt decorated borders on the boards, brown marbled endpapers, some transfer from most plates but less than usual, a fine copy, in attractive antique binding. (cgc). One of the most important books about Canada, the fine aquatint plates are printed in sepia. Waterston. The Travellers. Canada to 1900. P25. T.P.L. 805. Lande 433. Sabin31489. Hillp142-3. cf. Abbey 618. "Attractive aquatints match the light personal style of this first-rate travel account. Heriot unrolls the full chart of Canadian regions and of the potential tourist routes. Past Newfoundland up the St. Lawrence, noting Prince Edward Island; beyond Quebec, up the Restigouche to "Camarouska"; up the Ottawa to Lake Huron; into Sorel, Trois-Rivières and St. Paul's Bay from a St. Lawrence steamer; to Kingston ("charmingly situated") and York; up to Sault Ste. Marie, where Montreal merchants were operating a trading post. Heriot also vividly covers the range of "natives"; farmers and homesteaders, the women, the Irish. The habitants are "inoffensive, hospitable, honest, though uninformed." The women are "handsome when young." The "domiciliated Indians" live in tranquility at Lorette, and in picturesque harmony at Micmac encampments. Inuit from Labrador, seen in Newfoundland, appear less attractive. As for Americans in the Canadas, "They are of the greatest utility in settling a new country." Travels through the Canadas is a compendium of Canadian scenic views illustrating developing romantic tastes". (Waterston).