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Two pieces. 1st - Two parts in one. 8vo. 42; 96 pp., Part I with nine mounted albumen Heliotype photos, 1 large folding engraved panorama (small closed tear neatly repaired at fold), 4 large folding maps, 2 folding maps in second part in rear pocket. Green publisher's cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine (minor edgewear, minor bumping to corners, rubbing), still VG- copy; 2nd - One large mammoth albumen photograph mounted, sized 15.5 x 18.5 in. on 18.5 x 20 in. board, photographer's imprint on verso (some foxing, minor soiling, edgewear, toning to verso), still VG- bright exemplar preserved in shrink wrapped foam core and framing cardstock. First edition of this well-illustrated report, reproducing four pages in facsimile of Father Hennepin's double-page 17th-Century woodcut engraving of Niagara Falls, as well as the extended appendix by Frederick Olmstead, co-designer of New York's Central Park on the importance of retaining the beauty of the Niagara Falls for the public, and stop the process of destruction. Barker (1844-1894) was a noted Canadian-American landscape painter who worked his entire career as a photographer, and whose superb views of the Niagara Falls and area were reproduced in Heliotype for this significant early conservation report. His negatives were sold after his death to Underwood & Underwood. The stunning mammoth-sized albumen photo by Nielson captures the Niagara Falls plunging down onto the viewing platform below as this image is taken from below the falls, rather than above. Nielson (fl. 1880-early 1900's) specialized in large-scale landscape views and worked most of his life in Niagara, NY, specializing in majestic tourist views of the Falls.