Documents Session 1895 Vol, Used (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full leather with three stained panels - red, gold and black - on spine with bright gilt lettering in boxes and lined rulings separating panels. Binding is tight with rear cover tight to text block but front cover is detached and spine cover is slightly loose. Some minor scuffing to title boxes on spine. Stamped on 2 of the maps indicate the book was part of the Wesleyan Library but there is no other markings in the front or rear. 187 pp and 34 fold-out map plates. Maps are all in fantastic condition, with several of them having multiple folds and extending out over 148" (12' 4"), others fold out to 60". Only two have neat tears at the fold - plate 15 and 32. The USA considered Nicaragua before we settled on Panama for a Trans-Oceanic canal. This is the report of the Board of Engineers for the purpose of ascertaining the feasibility, permanence, and cost of construction and completion of a Nicaragua canal. The maps have cross sections of the country from Atlantic to Pacific, maps of the coast, and of Lake Managua.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Québec, Charles-François Langlois, Imprimeur de Sa Très Gracieuse Majesté la Reine, 1895, 16 x 24,5 cm. Contient: 1- Index des documents de la session, iv p.; 2- Documents se rapportant à la Cie du Pacifique Canadien, 16 p.; 3- Documents se rapportant aux limites de bois, 9 p.; 4- Documents concernant les Palais de Justice de Montréal, Hull et Pontiac, 1, 52 p.; 5- Documents relatifs à la des titution d'agents des terres, 8 p.; 6- Documents concernant la Société Bienveillante des ouvriers de bord, 22 p.; 7- Documents concernant le chemin de fer de la Baie des Chaleurs, 36 p.; 8- Discours prononcé devant le comité d'agriculture de l'Assemblée législative de Québec, à l'Hôtel du gouvernement, Québec, mercredi, 18 décembre 1895, par le professeur J. W. Robertson, commissaire fédéral de l'industrie laitière et de l'agriculture, 16 p. Étempes de bibliothèque, trace de cote. code 1231.