Title: American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Author: Willis, N[athaniel] P[arker] Place: London Publisher: George Virtue Date: 1840 Description: 2 vols. vi, 140; iv, 106 pp. Illus. with 117 steel-engraved plates from drawings by William Henry Bartlett; 2 steel-engraved added pictorial title-pages; engraved portrait of Bartlett; steel-engraved map; tissue guards. (4to) 10½x8, later three-quarter suede and marbled boards, morocco spine labels, all edges red. First Edition. Superb series of fine steel engravings of the countryside and cityscapes of the eastern half of the United States, in a handsome binding which, according to a penci note on the front endpaper, was bound Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft bindery. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines faded, light wear, front hinges cracked; light foxing; very good. Item number: 270808
Title: American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Author: Willis, N[athaniel] P[arker] Place: London Publisher: George Virtue Date: 1840 Description: 2 vols. vi, 140; iv, 106 pp. Illus. with 117 steel-engraved plates from drawings by William Henry Bartlett; 2 steel-engraved added pictorial title-pages; engraved portrait of Bartlett; steel-engraved map; tissue guards. (4to) 10½x8, later three-quarter suede and marbled boards, morocco spine labels, all edges red. First Edition. Superb series of fine steel engravings of the countryside and cityscapes of the eastern half of the United States, in a handsome binding which, according to a penci note on the front endpaper, was bound Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft bindery. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines faded, light wear, front hinges cracked; light foxing; very good. Item number: 270808
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