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Scenery of the White Mountains (First Edition)
de Oakes, William. Lithographs by John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) and by Benjamin W. Thayer
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Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1848. FIRST EDITION. Recent half brown morocco leather with faded purple cloth blind stamped gilt decorated and lettered on the front board. The boards have been laid and the book rebacked. Four raised bands with gilt rulling and tool work on spine. All edges gilt. Original brown endpages. From the drawings of Isaac Sprague. [4], 4pp. followed by 16 lithographic plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. 1) "The White Mountains," 2) "Mount Crawford," 3) "The Notch of the White Mountains," 4) "The Lower Cascade of the Notch," 5) "The Gate of the Notch," 6) "The Falls of the Amonoosuck," 7) "The Granite Cliffs of the Falls" (two views on one plate), 8) "The Franconia Notch," 9) "Profile Mountain at Franconia," 10) "The Profile Rock," 11) "The Basin, in Lincoln, N.H.," 12) "The Flume, in Lincoln, N.H.," 13) "Nancy"s Bridge," 14) "Mt. Crawford, from the Notch" (two views on one plate), 15) "Mount Washington" (two views on one plate), and 16) "Mt. Washington, over Tuckerman"s Ravine." Plates 10, 11, 12 & 14 are by lithographs by Bufford, the rest are by Thayer. Some marginal dampstaining to a few plates and some light foxing to a couple of plates else very good. Benjamin W. Thayer and John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) were among America's most important earlier lithographers, both were successors to the pioneering William Pendleton. Isaac Sprague (September 5, 1811 - 1895), the artist who drew the scenes, was a self-taught landscape, botanical, and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Photos can be e-mailed. . First Edition. Half Morocco Leather. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hardcover.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- Scenery of the White Mountains (First Edition)
- Autor
- Oakes, William. Lithographs by John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) and by Benjamin W. Thayer
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- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Crosby, Nichols, and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1848
- Tamaño
- Elephant Folio - over 15" -
- Palabras clave
- FOLIO. AmericanA SCENERY
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
