Nathaniel P. Willis; William H. Bartlett, illus: 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. / The Literary Department by N. P. Willis, Esq., Author of “Pencillings by the Way,” “Inklings of Adventure,” Etc

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Nathaniel P. Willis; William H. Bartlett, illus : 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. / The Literary Department by N. P. Willis, Esq., Author of “Pencillings by the Way,” “Inklings of Adventure,” Etc

George Virtue, London, c. 1840.

Contemporary full dark navy calf boards with gilt- and blind-tooled borders, flat spine in three compartments of Greek gilt-tooled bands and gilt spiral motifs, gilt text on two, all edges gilt, endpapers marbled. , A fine and handsome copy, bound in decorative original full gilt calf, text and plates are clean and crisp., 4to. , P. Volume 1. (6), blank, frontis portrait, engr. title, blank, title, printer’s imprint, preface iii-iv, contents iii-iv [sic], 1-140, (6); Volume 2. (6), engr. title, blank, title, printer’s imprint, contents iii-iv, 1-103, (6)., Complete with 121 engraved plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Bartlett, two engraved titles, and an outline coloured map of the northeastern States. , Volume : Two Volumes.

William Henry Bartlett was a British artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings. In 1835, Bartlett first visited the United States in order to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the northeastern states. The finely detailed steel engravings Bartlett produced were published uncolored with a text by Nathaniel Parker Willis as American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. American Scenery was published by George Virtue in London in 30 monthly installments from 1837 to 1839. Bound editions of the work were published from 1840 onward., Howes B-209; Sabin 3784; Abbey Travel 651.

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