BULLETIN 247
MAPS
49. (CANADA). DAWSON BROTHERS (Publisher).Dawson’s Map OfThe Dominion Of Canada. 1874. Dawson Brothers Montreal. Engraved & Printed in colours by J Bartholomew Edinburgh. 54.4 x 83 cm (21 ½” x 32 ¼”).folding map, mounted on linen in sections, as issued. original cloth (few stains to linen, publisher’s rubberstamp & name in ink on linen & covers spotted & frayed). $500
Dawson’s map shows Canada from Newfoundland to Lake Huron and the northern American states, including many place-names, counties, railways, canals &c. Free Grant Lands of Ontario and Quebec and Railway Lands of Canada (Blocks A to F) are outlined in red. There are inset maps of Montreal, Newfoundland and a ‘Continuation Of Map ToThe Pacific, Showing British Columbia & Manitoba’.
50. (MARITIMES). DOMINION PUBLISHING COMPANY. The Maritime Provinces New Railway, Post Office, Municipal Division, and County Map Of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, And Newfoundland… 1900. Published By The Dominion Publishing Company, Halifax, N.S.And Hamilton, Ont. 94 x 87.2 cm (34” x 37”).colour folding map backed on linen (creasing to outer centre edges & several tears to folds, few manuscript colour pencil(?) notations & markings &some stains to verso). $600
Includes inset Maps of Halifax, Newfoundland & South Africa (delineating Orange Free Republic, German South-West Africa & South-African Republic), tables of population, travel times and important Maritime places.
51. (PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND). WRIGHT, George [1810-1887] / CUNDALL, Henry James [1833-1916].Map of Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, comprising the latest Topographical information… by George Wright, Surveyor General, 1852, Corrections and additions to 1903, by H.J. Cundall, L.S. Published by G. Ballingall, Charlottetown, P.E. Island [1903]. Inset map of Eastern Canada & inset view of Colonial Building, Charlottetown. tide table. 26 1/2” x 51 ½” (entire sheet; 67 x 130.8 cm).colour folding map, backed on linen in sections as issued. cloth covers (some spotting to margins & linen & fraying & light wear to covers. $600
1903 edition, revised, of Wright’s map of Prince Edward Island; first published in 1852 and at least three more editions in 1859, 1874 and 1877. This edition includes corrections and additions up to 1903 and revised population statistics up to 1901. This detailed map shows townships, roads, churches, mills, cities and towns.
cfLemmon,Theatre of Empire, p.138 (1852 edition).
52. (WESTERN CANADA). JOHNSTON, J[ohn] [1830-1897?].General Map Of Part OfThe North-West Territory AndOf Manitoba. Published by Authority OfThe Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B. J. Johnston, Chief Draftsman. Minister OfThe Interior. Dominion Land Office, Department OfThe Interior, Ottawa, 31stDecember, 1881. Lindsay Russell Surveyor General. The Burland Lithographic Co Montreal.61.5 x 100 cm (24 x 39 ½”).colour folding map backed on linen (few short tears to folds – no loss & scattered staining to verso). $700
Shows Canadian Pacific Railway and telegraph lines, rivers, lakes, reserves, Prince Albert, mountains, Canada & United States boundary &c.