Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series)

Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series)

Illustrated books--Extra-illustrated

Dwellings--Québec (Province)

Québec (Province)--Description and travel

The third book in LeMoine's highly popular Maple Leaves series was issued from the publisher both with and without photographs. Illustrated copies contained photographs supplied by local Quebec photographer J. B. Livernois, but these vary considerably in number and choice of imagery -- too much to be merely the result of a photographer using variant negatives to expedite printing. The community of readers who purchased these books appear to have selected the photographs they personally wanted from the Livernois studio, sometimes greatly in excess of the number that was supposed to have been delivered with the book.

There are 7 books in total in the Maple Leaves series. The third book is the only one illustrated by photographs, however sometimes book three is found bound together with volumes one and two. In the collected volumes, the photographs that would otherwise have only appeared in volume three tend to be dispersed throughout the books.

1865

Quebec City, Quebec

English

Original price: Series 1, 2 & 3 could be purchased for 6s 9d in 1865 from booksellers Garant and Trudel in Quebec. 
Advertised in: Le Journal de Québec (French), Courrier du Canada (French)
By May of 1866, less than 1 year after publishing, Quebec bookseller J.N. Duquet raised the price for the illustrated volume to 8s 9d. Duquet advised that he had 6 copies of the illustrated 3rd series left, the only ones left in Quebec. (Non-illustrated copies were still available for 3s.)

LML_UT1
Location: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, D-11 04303 RB312539 c.1
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery, Third Series
Has Part: 21 photographs (albumen prints)
Provenance: J. Murphy autographed and dated this copy, September 10th/[18]66.

LML_UT2
Location: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, D-11 04303 RB312539 c.2
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery, Third Series
Has Part: 49 photographs (albumen prints)

LML_MNBAQ1
Location: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 1995.599
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery, Third Series
Has Part: 18 photographs (albumen prints)

LML_MU1
Location: McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncat 2302
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery, Third Series
Has Part: 23 photographs (albumen prints)
Provenance: Rhodes, Godfrey William (1850-1932)[?] There is a message on the fly leaf in ink which reads:
"Mr, Mrs & Miss Joly regret not being able to accept Captain and Mrs. Rhodes' kind invitation for a picnic, having accepted a previous engagement. 15th December."

LML_UQAM1
Location: Université du Québec à Montréal, Livres rares et collections spéciales F 5004 L43
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series)
Has Part: 13 photographs (albumen prints)

LML_BAnQ1
Location: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 971.L555mb 1865
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series)
Has Part: 14 photographs (albumen prints)

LML_BAnQ2
Location: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, RES/AD/297
Title: Maple Leaves: Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series)
Has Part: 53 photographs (albumen prints)
Provenance: Budden, John Sherring, 1825-1918
A handwritten inscription indicates that the book was a gift: "J.S. Budden, Esq. from his friend James Gibb. Quebec, 1st Nov, 1865"