Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W.H. Bartlett (2 volumes)

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(4),128; (2),116 Pp. Engraved frontis portrait, engraved title pages, map & 117 steel engraved plates. The plates are good early strikes with little or no foxing William Henry Bartlett, 1809-1854, a noted traveller and highly skilled landscape artist, visited Canada four times between 1836 and 1852. He provided some twenty travelogues with brief texts. The prose text by Willis relates the history and current conditions in Upper and Lower Canada about 1839-40". - Canadian Scenery is considered Bartlett's finest production (Sabin). - "A very deep impression upon the pictorial history of Canada was made by William Henry Bartlett, artist and illustrator". Spendlove. Some wear to the outer spine otherwise very good Full dark green levant Morocco, gilt ruled bands, gilt border and decorations in the panels, gilt titles, extra gilt decorated borders on the beveled boards and inner gilt dentelles. N° de ref. del artículo 23767

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