KOHL, J[ohann] G[eorg] [1808-1878]. Travels In Canada, And Through The States Of New York And Pennsylvania. Translated By Mrs. Percy Sinnett. Revised By The Author.
2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. x, 345, [1]; iv, 357, [2]. 1 diagram. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (some staining to cloth). Lanark Village School prize inscription dated 1870 from M. Redditt to Mary Ballentine. London: George Manwaring, 1861. $600
First Edition of the English Translation. "A vital and detached account" (Story p. 106) of the author's 1855 tour through Canada and the States, including chapters on West Point, Vermont, Montreal, the Catholic Institute, Quebec, the First Nations of St. Lorette, the Quebec Seminary, Ottawa, Toronto, Lake Simcoe, the Niagara Peninsula, emigration, railway communications in Canada, &c.
Gagnon I 1881n. Howes K-248. Lande 489. Sabin 38219. TPL 3574. cfDionne II 1365.