"John Neilson (1776-1848), of Neilson and Cowan Printers, was a nephew to William Brown, one of the first printers in Quebec. He kept up the family inheritance by publishing government documents from the legislative assembly, the Quebec Gazette and the Quebec Almanac as well as publishing enduring printed works such as Hawkin's Pictures of Quebec. Neilson's governmental publications were often printed in both English and French on opposite pages, as is the case with our copy"--Bookseller's catalogue listing