CARLING, John [editor]. Colonial and Indian Exhibition. London, 1886. Canada; Its History, Productions, and Natural Resources. Ottawa: Department of Agriculture of Canada. 1886.
8vo. Modern red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, re-using the original cloth; pp. [viii], 160, colour-printed frontispiece (a globe), colour-printed heraldic plate, 2 large colour-printed folding maps (64 x 112 cm) in front and rear pocket; initially minor flaw to upper outer corner, light staining and short repaired tears along folds of map, otherwise very good.
First edition. This handbook for the South Kensington exhibition served as fact-sheet for the exhibits, with export figures, information on the political constitution, trade, commerce, industries and infrastructure.
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