Picturesque Canada. 36 Parts

Toronto Art Publishing Company [1882-1885]. First Edition, in ORIGINAL PARTS, as issued. Folio; 24-36pp. in each of the 36 parts, each with full-page frontispiece engraving and numerous engravings in text. Bound in drab wrappers with decoration of maple leaves, title and publisher and author printed in black. Wrapper of Part I and few others detached at edge, front wrapper Part 4 has repairable tear, some other wrappers tender at edges, some soiling and brittleness to untrimmed edges, but generally a sound set. A scarce set in original parts with OCLC / RLIN showing no copies in the original parts. The publisher´s blurb on the back wrapper tells us that this is a "Panorama of Canadian History and Life from Jacques Cartier´s day." The Art Department is supervised by L.R. O´Brien, President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the literature by George Munro Grant, and the engraving by George Smith. This set in original parts is quite rare.