Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bouchette, Joseph, 1774-1841
Title:
The British dominions in North America, or, A topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton : including considerations on land granting and emigration : and a topographical dictionary of Lower Canada : to which are annexed, statistical tables and tables of distances, &c. / by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., Surveyor General of Lower Canada, Lieut. Colonel C.M., Vice Pesident of he Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and Corresponding Member of the Society of Arts, London ; embellished with views, plans of towns, harbours, &c ; in two volumes.
Alternate Title(s):
Topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton
Published / Created:
London : Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, and Longman, Paternoster Row, 1832.

London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, [1832]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Spine title, on publisher's printed label, indicates that the work was in fact published in three volumes: "Bouchette's British Dominions in North America. With 30 plates. 3 vols. £4. 4s." The third volume comprises "A topographical dictionary of Lower Canada."
Subject Terms:
Canada -- Description and travel. | Canada -- Statistics. | Québec (Province) -- Gazetteers. | Vyvyan, Richard -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1832. | Engravings -- 1832. | Lithographs -- 1832.
Contributors:
Thomson, James, 1788-1850. | Engleheart, George, 1750-1829. | Cattlin, F., active 1830-1835, cartographer. | Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer. | Bouchette, R. S. M. (Robert Shore Milnes), 1805-1879. | Day, William, 1797-1845, lithographer. | Davison, Thomas, printer. | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, publisher. | J. & C. Walker (Firm), engraver. | Day & Haghe, lithographer.