CANADIAN SCENERY ILLUSTRATED. FROM DRAWINGS BY W.H. BARTLETT
Bartlett, William, and Nathaniel Parker Willis
Verlag: London, 1842
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Two volumes. [4],128; [4],116pp., plus frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, and 117 engraved plates. Quarto. Contemporary green morocco, gilt extra, a.e.g. Corners bumped. Some light shelf wear. Internally clean. A very pretty, near fine copy. First edition, first issue, with the portrait of Bartlett. Bartlett was a skilled topographical draughtsman who travelled extensively, providing the plates for a number of travelogues. CANADIAN SCENERY is considered his finest work. Between 1836 and 1852 he visited the U.S. and Canada four times, and sketched much of what he saw. The views include Kingston, Cobourg, Ottawa River, Quebec, Toronto, Queenstown, scenes of Indians, and much more. Willis provides the text, descriptive of the plates and relating a history and the current conditions in the eastern provinces and Upper and Lower Canada in 1839-40. SABIN 3786 (ref). TPL 2424 (imperfect). LANDE 2310. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM47281
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Verlag: London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1842
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CANADIAN SCENERY ILLUSTRATED. FROM DRAWINGS BY W.H. BARTLETT.
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London. 1842., 1842
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Anbieter: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, USA
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Two volumes. [4],128; [4],116pp., plus frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, and 117 engraved plates. Quarto. Contemporary green morocco, gilt extra, a.e.g. Corners bumped. Some light shelf wear. Internally clean. A very pretty, near fine copy. First edition, first issue, with the portrait of Bartlett. Bartlett was a skilled topographical draughtsman who travelled extensively, providing the plates for a number of travelogues. CANADIAN SCENERY is considered his finest work. Between 1836 and 1852 he visited the U.S. and Canada four times, and sketched much of what he saw. The views include Kingston, Cobourg, Ottawa River, Quebec, Toronto, Queenstown, scenes of Indians, and much more. Willis provides the text, descriptive of the plates and relating a history and the current conditions in the eastern provinces and Upper and Lower Canada in 1839-40. SABIN 3786 (ref). TPL 2424 (imperfect). LANDE 2310. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 47281
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