Catalogue of English French and Latin books, for sale at the Printing Office no. 3 Mountain Street, Quebec. 1800
Publisher: John Neilson
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Québec
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Catalogs
Notes: Believed to be the earliest Canadian bookseller's catalog, though earlier Canadian book auction catalogs exist.

John Neilson operated the printing office at No. 3 Mountain Street in 1800.

"The greatest part of the Books in this Catalogue have been imported from London within these late years, and many of them are entirely new works imported this fall in the Brickwood. 11th Nov. 1800."--P. [3].

Signature: A⁸ (A8 blank).

Woodcut tailpiece on p. 14.

Tremaine 1188

Fleming, P. ^Early Canadian printing, 1188

ESTC W16672

S. Alston, Canada's first bookseller's catalogue. Papers of the Bib. Soc. of Canada 30, no. 1:7-26 (with facsim.)

Purchase; Goodspeed's; March 1970; 69-683; $75.00 (S.A.E. Morse fd.).

The bookseller and printer John Neilson's copy, heavily annotated by him in red and black ink with notes on books sold and to whom, and books added for sale.

Unbound, stitched as issued; in case, 27 cm.