RAPPORT SUR L'EXPLORATION DE LA CONTREE SITUEE ENTRE LE LAC SUPERIER ET LA COLONIE DE LA RIVIERES ASSINIBOINE ET SASKATCHEWAN de Dawson, Simon James - 1859

Toronto: Lovell, 1859. First edition in French. (40)pp.( old lib stamp on title page). illus.( 3 folding maps, one very large. A few folds show some tearing, but no text is affected). Original folio cloth with printed paper label on front cover, new endpapers and a new leather spine. Wagner-Camp-Becker 322:2: "This detailed examination of a portion of Rupert's Land...was carried out by direction of the Provisional Secretary of Canada...The Canadian effort began at Lake Superior and proceeded northwest to the Red River Settlements, continuing to the Rockies..." Henry Y. Hind was the Geologist and Dawson was the chief surveyor. Pee; 342. Whale 307. TPL Cat. 3885