101 - [America] [Canada] BROOKE (Frances) and FRENAIS (Joseph-Pierre). The Story of Emilie Montague, by M. Brooke. Adapted from the English original by Monsieur Frenais. Paris, Gauguery, 1770. 5 volumes in 12mo marbled calf, spined with decorative raised bands (contemporary bindings). Cap bands damaged, wear, scuffing, rounded corners, missing leather.

[America] [Canada] BROOKE (Frances) and FRENAIS (Joseph-Pierre). The Story of Emilie Montague, by M. Brooke. Adapted from the English original by Monsieur Frenais. Paris, Gauguery, 1770. 5 volumes in 12mo marbled calf, spined with decorative raised bands (contemporary bindings). Cap bands damaged, wear, scuffing, rounded corners, missing leather. A rare first edition of this French adaptation by Frenais of the famous epistolary novel by Frances Brooke (1724–1789), who lived in Quebec City from 1763 to 1768 with her husband, a chaplain in the British army. The work is generally considered the first novel written in Canada and set in that country; it notably describes the landscapes of the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City, Montreal, the harshness of the Canadian winter, the customs of the inhabitants, relations between the French and the English, as well as the Indigenous peoples, particularly the Hurons.