Ɵ WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker. (1806 - 1867). American Scenery, from drawings by W.H. Bartlett. George Virtue, London, 1840. 2 volumes, first illustrated edition, 4to., (275 x 220 mm), volume one: contemporary quarter morocco over black cloth, spine with raised bands bordered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, edges gilt: volume two: contemporary plum calf, upper and lower calf bordered in gilt, bordered in blind, gilt symbolic decoration depicting George Washington, bald eagle, native Americans, the American flag, and beavers, gilt dentelles, spine with raised bands bordered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt on black calf, edges gilt, complete, 120 plates, including hand-coloured map at start of text in volume one. (2)
Ɵ WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker. (1806 - 1867). American Scenery, from drawings by W.H. Bartlett. George Virtue, London, 1840. 2 volumes, first illustrated edition, 4to., (275 x 220 mm), volume one: contemporary quarter morocco over black cloth, spine with raised bands bordered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, edges gilt: volume two: contemporary plum calf, upper and lower calf bordered in gilt, bordered in blind, gilt symbolic decoration depicting George Washington, bald eagle, native Americans, the American flag, and beavers, gilt dentelles, spine with raised bands bordered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt on black calf, edges gilt, complete, 120 plates, including hand-coloured map at start of text in volume one. (2)
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