226 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



bation. Première partie, | par M. Laurens Durand, Prêtre | du diocèse de 

 Toulon. I Implemini Spiritu Sancto loquentes vobismet ipsis in Psalmis & 

 Hymnis & Cantecis splritualibus | Gantantes, & Psaultentes in Cordibus 

 Nestris Domino. | Eph., ch. 6, v. 18 & 19. | à Québec, chez Fleury Mesplet 

 & Charles Berger, Imprimeurs & Libraires, 1776. 



Size 3% X 6%, pp. 610. Copies: Judge L. W. Sicotte; Mr. Justice Baby, 

 and three or four others. 



Mentioned by Gagnon, page 102, but the date is incorrectly given as 

 1775. 



1777. 



11. Almanach | Encyclopédique; | ou Chronologie | des faits les plus 

 remarquables de | l'histoire universelle, depuis Je- | sus-Christ; | avec les 

 anecdotes curieuses, utiles 1 & intéressantes. | Mil-sept cent soixante dix- 

 sept I A Montréal | chez Fleury Mesplet & Char- | les Berger, Imprim. Lib. | 

 1777. 



Size 3 x 4%, pp. 60. Copy: The late Mr. Justice Baby. 



This is believed to be first almanac printed in French in America. 



12. lontriS-aiestakSa | lonskaneks | N'aieienterihag Gaiatonsera te 

 GariStoraragon. ê OngSe onSe GaSennotakon | ornamental square | Teiotiagi; 1 

 Sesklet, Tsi ThononsSte, Ok- | niore Tsi lontkerontakSa. | IV 77. 



Size 4x7, pp. 16. Copy: Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison. 



The first Iroquois book printed in Canada. Described as a " Mohawk 

 Primer " by J. C. Pilling in The Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages, 

 "Washington, 1888, page 90. It is probably the same publication as that 

 mentioned in the post-mortem inventory under the title " Brochures de 

 Prières Sauvages " of which there were sixteen copies. 



13. Exercise | très-dévot | envers S. Antoine | de Padoue | le Thauma- 

 turge, I de l'ordre Séraphique | de S. François. | Avec un petit recueil de 

 quelques princi- | paux miracles. | A Montréal. | Chez F. Mesplet et C. Berger, 

 Imprimeurs & Libraires, 1777. 



Size 2% X 5, pp. 88. Copies: Judge L. W. Sicotte; Cyrille Tessier, 

 Cuebec. 



14. Ofiîcium I in honorem | Domini Nostri J. C. | Summi Sacerdotis | 

 et I Omnium Sanctorum | Sacerdotum | ac Levitarum. | Monti-Regali; Apud 

 Fleurium Mesplet | Typographorum & Bibliop. | M.DCC.LXXVII. 



Size 41/^ V 6%, pp. 12. Copies: Judge L. W. Sicotte; Université Laval, 

 Quebec, and four or five others. 



The first LÎatin book printed in Canada. Described by Gagnon, page 355, 

 No. 2581. Also by Dionne, page 13, No. 10, where by mistake he claims 

 it was printed in Quebec. A manuscript copy exists in the library of the 

 Archbishop of Quebec. 



15. Catéchisme | a l'usage | du Diocèse | de Québec. | Imprimé par 

 l'ordre de Monseigneur Jean | Olivier Briand; Evêque de Québec. | Pre- 

 mière partie, | Contenant | le petit Catéchisme ou abrégé de la doctrine 

 chrétienne. | A Montréal | chez Fleury Mesplet & Charles Berger, | Impri- 

 meurs & Libraires, 1777. 



Size 12 mo., pp. 205. Copy: Library of Parliament, Ottawa. 



