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1. Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld ...

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Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France : containing the geographical description and natural history of Canada and Louisiana : with the customs, manners, trade and religion of the iInhabitants : a description of the lakes and rivers, with their navigation and manner of passing the Great Cataracts / by Father Charlevoix ; also, a description and natural history of the islands in the West Indies belonging to the different powers of Europe ; illustrated with a number of curious prints and maps not in any other edition ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
Date:
MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique : fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 / par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
an 7 [1799]
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Narrative of the Canadian Red River exploring expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan exploring expedition of 1858 / by Henry Youle Hind, M.A. F.R.G.S., Professor chemistry and geology in the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in charge of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan expedition ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Hind, Henry Youle, 1823–1908
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Field sports in the United States and the British Provinces of America / by Frank Forester ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America / by Henry William Herbert ... ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Travels in South and North America / by Alexander Marjoribanks, of Marjoribanks ; author of Travels in New Zealand, Australia, &c.

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Creator:
Marjoribanks, Alexander
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
xiv, 480 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Sketches in New Brunswick : taken principally with the intention of shewing the nature and description of the land in the tract purchased by the New Brunswick & Nova Scotia Land-Company in the year 1833, and of illustrating the operations of the Association during the years 1834 & 1835.

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Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [1], 12 leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (lithographs); 3̄9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The present state of Great Britain and North America : with regard to agriculture, population, trade, and manufactures, impartially considered : containing a particular account of the dearth and scarcity of the necessaries of life in England; the want of staple commodities in the Colonies; the decline of their trade; increase of people; and necessity of manufactures, as well as of a trade in them hereafter : in which the causes and consequences of there growing evils, and methods of preventing them, are suggested; the proper regulations for the Colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, are considered, and compared with their condition and circumstances.

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Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
Date:
MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:
[8], xvi, 363, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

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Creator:
Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Appendiculae historicae, or, Shreds of history hung on a horn / by Fred. W. Lucas.

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Creator:
Lucas, Fred. W. (Frederic William)
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
iv, 216 p., [9] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.
Creator:
Rogers, Robert, 1731–1795
Date:
MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 264 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. American notes : Pictures from Italy : A child's history of England : The life of our Lord.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
xxii, 891, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. In retrospect : designer bookbindings by Michael Wilcox / by Michael Wilcox and Richard Landon ; an exhibition held in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, October 19th to December 22nd, 1998.

In retrospect : designer bookbindings by Michael Wilcox / by Michael Wilcox and Richard Landon ; an exhibition held in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, October 19th to December 22nd, 1998.
Creator:
Wilcox, Michael, 1939–
Date:
1998
Physical Description:
70, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 18 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.

15. The American traveller: or, observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively,--and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively: together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom. In a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honorable the Earl of ********* by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
1769
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 122 p. front., fold. map. 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts