knox john 1778 (8 risultati)

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Battle of Quebec [microform]: From Captain John Knox's Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759 and 176. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to., The First Edition, in Two Volumes, ix, (1) (6), 405, (1), errata & 465,[1]pp., 2 engraved frontis portraits (Amherst & Wolfe), large engraved folding map, engraved vignette headpiece on dedication page, tables throughout text, list of subscribers with their locations, in contemporary tree calf boards, (expertly restored), re-backed in tan brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, double green and red crushed morocco labels, gilt titles, engraved donation library armorial bookplates, new free flies in both volumes, small donation date stamp dated 1883 on the verso of both title pages, small ink spot of the corner of frontis in volume one, p323 of vol. II erroneously numbered 223., text is clean and sound, an attractive antique copy in very good to fine condition. (cgc) Notable with engraved portraits of Amherst and Wolfe and with folding map by Thomas Kitchin, indicating the British lands in North America following the treaty of 1763. T.P.L. 323. Lande 486. JCB J 680. Gagnon 1-51880. Streeter . Vlach 417. Howes K-222. Sabin 38164. DCB- IV, 415-16. "His journal is one of the most accurate and detailed accounts available on the siege of Louisburg and Quebec; " Lande 486," Sabin 38164." "A very valuable collection of materials towards a history of our late war, and conquests in America, as well as for a description and natural history of the country, in which this attentive and industrious author personally served; and the best original authority for the death of Wolfe and the conquest of Canada". The author gives a first-hand account of the battles, and the work is supplemented by copies of both British and French documents.

3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 512, [1 leaf]errata, 6, viii; xi, 617, [1 leaf]errata, viii; xi, 587, viii. 19 maps & plans, (12 folding), 39 plates (incl. many portraits), & 10 facsimile plates (4 folding or double-page). lacking large folding map in rear pocket of Vol. III. original gilt-crested cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (some faint dampmarks to cloth, some rippling to cloth on rear cover of Vol. I, corners starting to fray, spines sunned). Second Edition of "one of the most accurate and detailed accounts available on the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec" (TPL) during the Seven Years' War, Limited to 520 copies. Knox came to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1757 with his regiment, the 43rd Foot, to participate in Lord Loudon's intended expedition against Louisbourg; this attack was postponed, however, and the regiment was not employed in Amherst's successful siege. They were present at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, served in the winter of 1759-60 under James Murray at Quebec, and were with Murray at the capitulation of Montreal in 1760. Knox's personal observations are supplemented by valuable contemporary documents, official orders, and other papers both British and French. Included here are many plates, maps and facsimiles not found in the original edition. TPL 324. Howes K-222 ('aa' rating). DCB IV pp. 415-16.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. ix, [1]blank, [6]list of subscribers, 405, [1]blank, [1 leaf]errata; 1 p.l., 465, [1]blank, [1 leaf]errata. 2 engraved frontis. portraits of Generals Wolfe and Amherst by J.Miller. folding engraved map by Thomas Kitchin. engraved dedication headpiece. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked retaining original endpapers & 3 of 4 original spine labels (some light wear & spotting to covers, corners worn, scattered foxing, 2 neat repairs to map - no loss). First Edition of "one of the most accurate and detailed accounts available on the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec" (TPL) during the Seven Years' War. Knox came to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1757 with his regiment, the 43rd Foot, to participate in Lord Loudon's intended expedition against Louisbourg; this attack was postponed, however, and the regiment was not employed in Amherst's successful siege. They were present at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, served in the winter of 1759-60 under James Murray at Quebec, and were with Murray at the capitulation of Montreal in 1760. Knox's personal observations are supplemented by valuable contemporary documents, official orders, and other papers both British and French. Dionne II 751. Gagnon I 1880. Howes K-222. JCB I 1680. Lande 486. Sabin 38164. Streeter II 1030. TPL 323. Vlach 417. DCB IV pp. 415-16.

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