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Creator:
De Veaux, Samuel, 1789–1852
Title(s):
The falls of Niagara, or, Tourist's guide to this wonder of nature : including notices of the whirlpool, islands, &c., and a complete guide thro' the Canadas : embellished with engravings / by S. De Veaux.
Additional Title(s):

Falls of Niagara

Tourist's guide to this wonder of nature
Published/Created:
Buffalo : William B. Hayden : Press of Thomas & Co., 1839.
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 18-168, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F127.N8 D48 1839
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Last page blank.
Includes five wood-engraved plates, unsigned, including "Map of Niagara River, &c." as frontispiece.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 19804
Includes errata, page 169.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth.
Subject Terms:
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Guidebooks.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Pictorial works.
Ontario -- Description and travel.
Québec (Province) -- Description and travel.
Thomas & Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1839.
Guidebooks.
Contributors:
Hayden, William B., publisher.
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  • Plates: Map of Niagara River
  • Niagara Falls from the American side, near the Ferry Staircase
  • Burning of the Steamboat Caroline
  • Niagara Falls from Canada near Clifton House
  • View of Brock's Monument, Queenston Heights.

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