1907 Newfoundland and Its Untrodden Ways

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A first edition of this book on hunting and the history of hunting in Newfoundland. With twelve plates by the author, collated and complete. Along with a history of hunting on the Canadian island, John Guille Millais also offers descriptions of its people, including the native MicMacs. John Guille Millais was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time, and is noted for is particularly faithful illustrations of nature.