Author: (Sifton, Hon. Clifford).
Title: Canada.
Description: Ottawa: Published by Authority of Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, n.d. [circa 1900]. n.d. [circa 1900]. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 8 inches wide], brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some very light staining to the front cover & slight fraying to the head of the spine. 90 pages, illustrated with a color pictorial title page, 16 beautifully tinted full-page photographic illustrated plates, profuse tinted and black & white photographs and textual illustrations in color, as well as in black & white or green & white, many with gilt framing or highlights. These include some full-page illustrations. Borders to the pages are formed by delicate drawings of plants & grains in light orange, which sometimes overlap the text. A very good copy of a wonderfully illustrated book. Very good .

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; AMERICANA; CANADIANA; CANADA; CLIFFORD SIFTON; TINTED PHOTOGRAPHS; TRAVEL.


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