CANADA Guide 1905 French Liege Fisher Illustrated Exposition Agriculture
RARE ANTIQUE GUIDE of CANADA LE CANADA Son Histoire, ses Productions et ses Ressources Naturelles
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This general guide to Canada, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, was used to present Canada at the World Exhibition of 1905 in Liege (Belgium). Text in French.
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Published by Ministere de l’Agriculture au Canada. Ottawa, 1905. Prepared and conducted under the direction of Sydney Arthur Fisher (1850 –1921), Canadian politician (from 1896 to 1911 Minister of Agriculture).
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Publisher’s cloth, gilt title on front cover: La Puissance du Canada. Binding a bit faded.
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Size: 22, 5 x 16 cm. Pp. 280 + numerous plates with photo illustrations + 3 colored folding maps (see the pictures) kept two specially made pockets at beginning and end of the book.
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For the condition see the scan. Some plates detached from the spine, edges slightly wrinkled, but a good copy. Frontispiece large plate illustration torn on both folding lines, but in one piece.