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668 AMERIKA. - Montreal. - Réglement de la Confrerie de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du S. Sacrement, et de la Bonne Mort. Erigée dans l'Eglise Paroissiale de Ville-Marie, en l'Isle de Montréal, en Canada. Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigée & augmentée. Montreal, F. Mesplet & C. Berger, 1776. Kl.-8°. 40 SS. Lwd. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: *R (600,- €) Gagnon 2961, mit Abb.; Oswald 510f., mit Abb.; Staton/Tr. 482; nicht bei Church, Leclerc, Muller u. Sabin. - Wohl das erste in Montreal u. der Provinz Quebec gedruckte Buch. - "Second edition, printed for and on the account of [the] Seminary of St. Sulpice. Possibly the first book printed in Montreal. A previous edition, without imprint, is said to have been prepared by Mesplet in Philadelphia, it is also said to have been printed in Montreal. Fleury Mesplet was born about 1735 in St. Nizier, France. He engaged in printing and moved, probably in 1773, to London, where he met Franklin who encouraged him to migrate to Philadelphia. In 1776 he was commissioned by the Continental Congress to accompany its commissioners, Franklin, Chase, and Carroll, to Montreal to establish there a French press. He moved his equipment from Philadelphia, the journey occupying from March 18 to May 6, 1776. ["C. Berger, a friend of Mesplet, financed the venture to the extent of $ 4,000" - Oswald.] When the Americans evacuated Montreal in June, 1776, Mesplet, financially embarassed, remained behind and issued soon afterwards the item above. His press, the first in Montreal, he continued to operate through economic and political vicissitudes., till his death in 1794. He is credited with at least 70 books, pamphlets, etc." (Staton/Tr.). "L'on prétend que ce volume est le premier qui fut imprimé à Montréal. Il ne faut pas oublier toutefois, qu'une édition antérieure à celle-ci en avait été faite la même année à Montréal, sans indication de lieu, ni de date, ainsi qu'on peut le voir en consultant le catalogue de la vente Hart, au no. 1670, où on donne cet exemplaire à peu près unique" (Gagnon). "First book printed by Fleury Mesplet in Quebec" (Oswald). - Leicht gebräunt u. gering fleckig, Einband etwas abgegriffen, vord. Spiegel mit Besitzverm. v. 1837. Zuschlag: 650,- € " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand
668 AMERIKA. - Montreal. - Réglement de la Confrerie de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du S. Sacrement, et de la Bonne Mort. Erigée dans l'Eglise Paroissiale de Ville-Marie, en l'Isle de Montréal, en Canada. Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigée & augmentée. Montreal, F. Mesplet & C. Berger, 1776. Kl.-8°. 40 SS. Lwd. d. Zt. Schätzpreis: *R (600,- €) Gagnon 2961, mit Abb.; Oswald 510f., mit Abb.; Staton/Tr. 482; nicht bei Church, Leclerc, Muller u. Sabin. - Wohl das erste in Montreal u. der Provinz Quebec gedruckte Buch. - "Second edition, printed for and on the account of [the] Seminary of St. Sulpice. Possibly the first book printed in Montreal. A previous edition, without imprint, is said to have been prepared by Mesplet in Philadelphia, it is also said to have been printed in Montreal. Fleury Mesplet was born about 1735 in St. Nizier, France. He engaged in printing and moved, probably in 1773, to London, where he met Franklin who encouraged him to migrate to Philadelphia. In 1776 he was commissioned by the Continental Congress to accompany its commissioners, Franklin, Chase, and Carroll, to Montreal to establish there a French press. He moved his equipment from Philadelphia, the journey occupying from March 18 to May 6, 1776. ["C. Berger, a friend of Mesplet, financed the venture to the extent of $ 4,000" - Oswald.] When the Americans evacuated Montreal in June, 1776, Mesplet, financially embarassed, remained behind and issued soon afterwards the item above. His press, the first in Montreal, he continued to operate through economic and political vicissitudes., till his death in 1794. He is credited with at least 70 books, pamphlets, etc." (Staton/Tr.). "L'on prétend que ce volume est le premier qui fut imprimé à Montréal. Il ne faut pas oublier toutefois, qu'une édition antérieure à celle-ci en avait été faite la même année à Montréal, sans indication de lieu, ni de date, ainsi qu'on peut le voir en consultant le catalogue de la vente Hart, au no. 1670, où on donne cet exemplaire à peu près unique" (Gagnon). "First book printed by Fleury Mesplet in Quebec" (Oswald). - Leicht gebräunt u. gering fleckig, Einband etwas abgegriffen, vord. Spiegel mit Besitzverm. v. 1837. Zuschlag: 650,- € " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand