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[Bookplate for Phileas Vercheres de Boucherville]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Phileas Vercheres de Boucherville] |
| Date Created | [not after 1890] |
| Sort Date | 1890 |
| Description | Black text on blue paper, with a brown discoloration on the left side. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : relief printing ; 8 x 4.1 cm |
| Subject - Geographic | Chambly (Québec) |
| Personal Names | Vercheres de Boucherville, Phileas |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Notes | Phileas Vercheres de Boucherville, also known as Phileas Vercheres Boucher de Boucherville, was a doctor in Montreal in the 19th century. He was officially licensed on Feb 22, 1845. In 1850 he travelled to California with the gold rush, returning in 1852. In 1865 he published the story of his travels in the Soirees canadiennes, under the title 'Memories of a trip in California' [Souvenirs d'un voyage en Californie]. He died in 1890.
References:
1) Gay, Daniel. Les noirs du Québec, 1629-1900. Québec: Les editions du Septentrion, 2004. P. 272. http://books.google.ca/books?id=M7-ZXC_W_sQC
2) Hall, Archibald, ed. British American Medical and Physical Journal, vol. 3. Montreal: John C. Becket, 1847-1848. P. 218. http://books.google.ca/books?id=M6BXAAAAMAAJ
3) Thomas, Jean-Pierre. Le parcours initiatique dans les recits de voyage canadiens-francais au XIXe siècle (1850-1900). Master's thesis, University of Sherbrooke, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0018/MQ47245.pdf
4) ArticlesLaPatrie1890s. http://www.canardscanins.ca/roots/pfd/ArticlesLaPatrie1890S.pdf |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR CAN P V473 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_CAN_P_V473 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN P V473 |
| Date Available | 2014 |
| Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
| Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca |
| Transcript | A Phileas Vercheres de Boucherville. Chambly No 28 |
| DOI | 1.0215807 |
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