Title: The United States Illustrated; In Views of City and Country. With Descriptive and Historical Articles Author: Dana, Charles A[nderson], editor Place: New York Publisher: Herrmann J. Meyer Date: [1855] Description: 2 volumes: East, Volume 1 & West, Volume 1 [all published]. 180, [2]; 153, [1], [2] pp. 80 steel engraved plates plus 2 additional engraved title pages. (4to) 28.7x23 cm. (11¼x9") original publisher's gilt stamped black morocco, all edges gilt. First Edition. A beautifully engraved series of American views including scenes of Niagara, Washington, Mount Vernon, New York, Harper's Ferry, along the Mississippi, St. Louis, California (including San Francisco, Sacramento, and 2 vies of the California gold diggings), New Orleans, Nauvoo, New Harmony, Mandan Village, and others. Howes calls for seventy-seven plates, this copy contains eighty including 11 not specifically called for in the list of illustrations. Additional volumes were planned but never produced. Howes D45; Sabin 18396. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings worn, joints split, 'West' volume lacking lower 2" of spine leather; foxing; good, well worthy of restoration. Item number: 210301
Title: The United States Illustrated; In Views of City and Country. With Descriptive and Historical Articles Author: Dana, Charles A[nderson], editor Place: New York Publisher: Herrmann J. Meyer Date: [1855] Description: 2 volumes: East, Volume 1 & West, Volume 1 [all published]. 180, [2]; 153, [1], [2] pp. 80 steel engraved plates plus 2 additional engraved title pages. (4to) 28.7x23 cm. (11¼x9") original publisher's gilt stamped black morocco, all edges gilt. First Edition. A beautifully engraved series of American views including scenes of Niagara, Washington, Mount Vernon, New York, Harper's Ferry, along the Mississippi, St. Louis, California (including San Francisco, Sacramento, and 2 vies of the California gold diggings), New Orleans, Nauvoo, New Harmony, Mandan Village, and others. Howes calls for seventy-seven plates, this copy contains eighty including 11 not specifically called for in the list of illustrations. Additional volumes were planned but never produced. Howes D45; Sabin 18396. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings worn, joints split, 'West' volume lacking lower 2" of spine leather; foxing; good, well worthy of restoration. Item number: 210301
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