John M'Gregor - British America - 1832

An enthralling two-volume set enriched with 9 engravings printed off-text (including 3 folding) of this vast geographic, historical, economic, and political study devoted to the British possessions in North America during the early decades of the 19th century -

The author undertakes to provide a complete picture of the colonies that would later form a large part of modern Canada, examining their development from the first European explorations to their contemporary situation -

Both volumes describe in detail the provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and the other territories under the British Crown -

M'Gregor traces the history of French then British colonization, imperial rivalries, military conflicts, treaties and institutional transformations that shaped these regions -

He analyzes the considerable natural resources of the territory, notably the vast forests, agricultural lands, fisheries, mines, navigable rivers and the commercial wealth that contribute to the economic expansion of the colonies -

John M'Gregor - British America - 1832 - Volumes I and II - William Blackwood & T. Cadell -
xxii, 484 ; xiv- 605.pages -

Good condition of bindings, works in their brown half-leather with corners, marbled boards, wear from use, a few minor defects on the covers (some scratches and epidermal marks visible), handsome marbled edges, spine with false cords nicely decorated, gilded titles, page-blocks and author’s name gilded on a brown calf piece, gilded lines on the boards -

Good interior condition, light browning, scattered foxing at the beginning and end of volumes, works enriched with 9 engravings off-text (including 3 folding), endpapers in fair condition, ex-libris, good overall -

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