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Canada. Department of Public Works.

Maps, Reports, Estimates, &c., Relative to Improvements of the Navigation of the River St. Lawrence, and a Proposed Canal connecting the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain. Laid before the Legislative Assembly ... the 2nd Session, 5th Parliament, 1856

Toronto: Printed By John Lovell, 1856. 51.5 x 33.5 cm., pp. 41, folding table, 7 maps on 6 folding sheets, including the stunning "Plan of the River St. Lawrence between Prescott and Montreal" colour lithograph by George Matthews, Montreal, drafted by H.H. Killaly, 51 x 521 cm. And "...Various Routes Proposed for the St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain Ship Canal," 70 x 128 cm. These two maps are IN ADDITION to those listed in contents. Original half leather, brown cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Covers worn, soiled and loose (backstrip gone), some wear and tears at folds of maps, edges dusty, mostly good condition. TPL 3635; Winearls 547, 550.

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