Willis’ American Scenery bound by Roycrofters
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Heading: (Bartlett, William Henry)
Author: Willis, Nathaniel Parker
Title: American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
Place Published: London
Publisher:George Virtue
Date Published: 1840
Description: 2 vols. vi, 140; iv, 106 pp. Illustrated 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) 26x20 cm (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. Views include natural wonders and civilized monuments, including Niagara Falls, New York harbor and city, Faneuil Hall in Boston, the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, Sing-Sing prison, Washington's tomb, and the Brooklyn Ferry. In a handsome binding which, according to a pencil note on the front endpaper, was bound Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft bindery.
Author: Willis, Nathaniel Parker
Title: American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
Place Published: London
Publisher:George Virtue
Date Published: 1840
Description: 2 vols. vi, 140; iv, 106 pp. Illustrated 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) 26x20 cm (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. Views include natural wonders and civilized monuments, including Niagara Falls, New York harbor and city, Faneuil Hall in Boston, the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, Sing-Sing prison, Washington's tomb, and the Brooklyn Ferry. In a handsome binding which, according to a pencil note on the front endpaper, was bound Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft bindery.
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Spines faded, light wear, front hinges cracked; light foxing; very good.
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Willis’ American Scenery bound by Roycrofters
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