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[WILLIS (N. P.) London, George Virtue, 1842.
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[WILLIS (N. P.) London, George Virtue, 1842.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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Description
[WILLIS (N. P.)
London, George Virtue, 1842.
Canadian scenery illustrated.
2 vol. in-4 (26.8 × 20.5 cm), green chagrin, gilt historiated plate on boards, smooth spine decorated in the same manner, gilt edges (publisher's binding).
First edition illustrated with 2 engraved titles, a portrait, a map and 117 copper-engraved plates after drawings by W. H. Bartlett.
Rare historiated publisher's binding.
Some foxing. Stain on the second cover of volume 2.
ATTACHED
BARTLETT (William Henry), WILLIS (N. P.). Picturesque America, or View of the Lands, Lakes and Rivers of the United States of America. London, George Virtue, Paris, Ferrier, 1840-1842. 2 vol. in-4 (26,8 × 20,5 cm), wine-coloured half-chagrin, smooth spines decorated with gilt and cold motifs, gilt heads (Capé).
French first edition.
Portrait, 2 title-frontispices, map and 117 out-of-text figures after drawings by W. H. Bartlett, all engraved on steel.
Spine a little darkened. Text leaves uniformly browned, some foxing to plates.
Bibliography
1. Sabin, no. 3786
2. Atabey, n° 652. Sabin, n° 3784.
See original version (French)
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