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HAWKINS, Alfred. The Quebec Directory and Stranger’s Guide,...
HAWKINS, Alfred. The Quebec Directory and Stranger’s Guide,...
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HAWKINS, Alfred. The Quebec Directory and Stranger’s Guide, to the City & Environs and Stranger’s Guide to the City & Environs. Quebec: W. Cowan and Son for Alfred Hawkins, 1844. 12mo. Large engraved folding plan of the city of Quebec at front (with contemporary notations regarding the Great Fire of 1845) with a vignette and some hand–coloring to show extent of the two fires, engraved folding map, and engraved folding frontispiece; errata slip tipped in. Original olive ribbed cloth, printed cover label. Provenance: Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1809–1877), ownership signature dated 1845. Crowninshield served as Speaker of the House of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849. He also served as president of the Old Colony Railroad, and was president of the Boston, Lowell, and Nashua Railroad from 1845 until his death. FIRST EDITION CONTAINING THE VERY RARE FOLDING PLAN OF QUEBEC WHICH IS ALWAYS LACKING FROM THE GUIDE. The map, originally published in New York in 1835 by T.W. Satterthwaite, is now updated to show the extent of the Quebec fires of 1845. THIS IS THE FIRST HIGHLY DETAILED PLAN OF QUEBEC PUBLISHED DIRECTLY AFTER THE GREAT FIRE. Sabin 67045.
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