1840 W.H. Bartlett American Scenery Fine Binding 2 vols

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Hello, and thanks for looking. Bidders from any nation are welcome. Please see photos at top left with zoom and enlargement features Here offered: American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature From drawings by W. H. Bartlett, engraved in the first style of the art, by R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson, &c. Two Volumes. By N.P. Willis George Vertue, London, 1840 First Edition Each volume measures 10.75 x 8.5 inches Vol.I: iv, 140 pp plus plates. Vol.II: [vi], 106 pp plus plates. Complete in two volumes. Half morocco on marbled boards with tips lightly rubbed, raised bands, gilt titles and vignettes to spine. No inscriptions or former owners' names or bookplates though it appears a former owner cut out his name from the front endpaper of each volume. This vacancy of paper has been addressed by a professional restorer and the result is sympathetic; the least appealing is shown above. All hinges are fully secure and are original. All 120 engravings are present tissue guarded, as well as the map and the portrait of Bartlett. None is loose or torn, no water staining, and the customary foxing is, when present, generally marginal and unobtrusive: most plates are free of foxing. A remarkable set in contemporary fine bindings. Collation by US state, with actual volume and sequential number following title, is as follows: Connecticut #1 Yale College (New Haven) I.35#2 The Gothic Church (New Haven) II.36 #3 Bridge at Norwich II.10 Maine #4 East Port and Passamaquoddy Bay II.48#5 Desert Rock Light House II.19 Maryland #6 Battle Monument, Baltimore I.37#7 Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad I.39#8 View of Baltimore II.27#9 Washington's Monument, Baltimore I.47 Massachusetts #10 View from Mount Holyoke I.5#11 View of State Street, Boston I.21 SOLD #12 Boston and Bunker Hill II.12#13 Boston from Dorchester Heights I.27#14 View of Faneuiel Hall, Boston I.28 SOLD #15 Valley of the Connecticut, From Mount Holyoke I.56 #16 Faneuil Hall, from the water II.53 SOLD #17 Mount Tom and the Connecticut River II.14#18 Cemetery of Mount Auburn II.49#19 Northampton II.50New Jersey #20 View of the Passaic Falls II.32 New Hampshire #21 The Silver Cascade in the Notch of the White Mountains II.15#22 The Notch House, White Mountains I.63#23 Squawm Lake I.65#24 View from Mount Washington I.47#25 View of Meredith I.60#26 Mount Washington and the White Hills I.48#27 Mount Jefferson from Mount Washington II.13#28 Pulpit Rock, White Mountains II.34 #29 Saw Mill at Centre Habour II.8 SOLD #30 Lake Winnipisseogee I.14 SOLD #31 The Willey House I.36#32 Centre Harbour, Lake Winnipisseogee I.34New York #33 Entrance to the Hudson Highlands, near Newburgh II.1 {Title Page Vol. II} SOLD #34 Scene Among the Highlands on Lake George II.36#35 Niagara Falls from the Ferry I.2#36 View from West Point, Hudson River I.3#37 Trenton Falls, View Down the Ravine I.4#38 The Outlet of Niagara River I.6#39 The Palisades I.7 #40 The Rapids Above the Falls of Niagara I.8#41 Saratoga Lake I.9#42 Colonade of Congress-Hall I.10#43 Albany I.11#44 Crow-Nest from Bull Hill I.12#45 View Below Table Rock I.13#46 The Tomb of Kosciusko I.15#47 The Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, with the Tower I.16#48 The Narrows, at Staten Island I.17#49 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga I.19 SOLD #50 View from Port Putnam I.20#51 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House I.22 #52 View from Hyde Park I.23#53 Village of Sing-Sing I.24 #54 View from Ruggle's House, Newburgh I.25 #55 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station I.29 #56 Peekskill Landing I.30 #57 Light House, Near Caldwell Landing I.31 #58 Caldwell, Lake George I.33 SOLD #59 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario I.38 #60 The Indian F... read more

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