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183155697hLondon: H. Fisher Son and Jackson 1831. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Recent green quarter-cloth over plain paper board. Edges toned; text and plates toned with varied but significant foxing. Old owner's name place and date 1831 to title-page. Very neat -- still a sound copy. 80 steel engravings on 40 plates most with tissue-guards plus engraved title-page. iv80platespp. H. Fisher, Son, and Jackson Hardcover
1851M6526United States: U.S. Coast Survey 1851. Very Good;. Notes: Depth soundings and observations on the approach to the Columbia River on the US West Coast. In the upper right there is a panoramic view depicting the coast landscape. Size : 430x680 mm 16.93x26.77 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps United States West Washington & Oregon; U.S. Coast Survey unknown
1851M6528United States: U.S. Coast Survey 1851. Very good. Notes: Middle part of a 3 sheet sketch of the West Coast of the United States from mid-Oregon to northern California. Two sketches depict Trinidad Head and Cape Mendocino. Size : 495x434 mm 19.49x17.09 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps United States West California;Maps United States West Washington & Oregon; U.S. Coast Survey unknown
18401372719London: George Virtue 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto two volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red leather with gilt lettering and decoration on paneled spine with gilt ruling on covers. Edges of text block dyed speckled red. Mild shelf wear. Rubbing and scuffing to front and rear covers and spines. Small cracking to spine hinges on both volumes. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Age toning and scattered foxing throughout text blocks. Features 118 illustrated plates with 66 in Volume I and 52 in Volume II. Shelved in Case 1. 1372719. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Virtue hardcover
1840158271London: George Virtue 1840. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait and extra illustrated title page. Illustrated with 122 tissue protected plates including the map and the title pages from drawings by W.H. Bartlett engraved in the first style of the art by R. Wallis J. Cousen Willmore et al. 4to. Handsomely bound in contemporary brown polished calf; blind-stamped panels and gilt-stamped spines with black leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges leather is rubbed but sound and attractive; one plate loose; minimal scattered foxing. London: George Virtue 1840. Very good.<br/> <br/> George Virtue unknown
1886002595Estes and Lauriat 1886 Description: 84 p. 1886. Fo. 1886. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover gilt/black/blind stamped title/decoration on boards and spine cover full gilt leaf edges illustrated text - a series of 20 tissue guarded steel line-engravings on heavy stock. Measures: 1 W x `10.25 D x 13 H inches. About the work: Descriptive text by N.P. Willis and others. Includes poems by American and foreign authors. Excerpt from Forest Rock and Stream: A Series of Twenty Steel Line-Engravings Wedge - shaped promontory or bluff pushes forward to the river at this spot; and on its summit which widens into a noble plain stands the city Of Hudson. CONDITION NOTES: Very good; light wear not commensurate with age and use e.g. fray starting at spine heel/crown covers lightly soiled from handling damp-stained page corner at front endpapers only light sporadic foxing throughout gutter slightly exposed between frontispiece engraving and title page some tissue guards - creased strong square spine clean light age-toned text pages. See images. A nice copy. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Estes and Lauriat hardcover
1840198808London England: George Virtue 1840. Hardcover. VG- scratches & rubbing to boards; harsh edge-wear w/ indentation to front edge. corners bumped & curled w/ fairly light rubbing. spine cloth scratched; rubbing to top. pgs variously lightly toned or tanned. pgs have speckled or blotched foxing though rather light in hue; instances of concentrated large blotched foxing but remain rather light. green marbled boards w/ quarter cloth navy spine; burgundy & gilt spine plate. book iv 106 pgs w/ bw tissue-guard plates throughout. all edges marble. Remains tightly bound; appears to be a lightly read copy. This is only Volume II. Previous owners name to front and back endpapers. George Virtue hardcover
1840148908London: George Virtue 1840. First edition of this illustrated portfolio of views of stunning American scenes. Quarto two volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tolling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels all edges gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one and illustrated with 117 engraved plates from drawings by William Henry Bartlett. In very good condition bookplates to the front pastedowns. American Scenery 1840 authored by Nathaniel Parker Willis and illustrated by the British artist William Henry Bartlett represents one of the most influential early attempts to define and disseminate a distinctly American landscape aesthetic. Combining Willis’s romantic prose with Bartlett’s finely detailed engravings the work offered readers in both the United States and Europe an idealized vision of American natural beauty from the Hudson River Valley to Niagara Falls. George Virtue unknown
184022476London: George Virtue 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth decorated in blind and gilt front and back covers with gilt arabesques and lettering at spine. Aeg. Five Vols. Very good. Bartlett William H. 48 106 96 140 4 52 28 x 22 cm. 117 steel engrave plates with tissue guards. Originally published in Thirty parts at one shilling or in Divisions 6s. 6d. cloth gilt. Drawings by William Henry Bartlett one of the most prolific of illustrators for topographical works. "It is almost certain that there are more steel engravings after Bartlett than after any other painter of views" -- see RUSSELLp.196. Bartlett made four voyages to America between the years 1836 and 1852. HOWES B209. From the publisher's original announcement: "Like Columbus at first we only dream of America. It is yet both a new and an unknown world to us in regard to its scenes of natural beauty and sublimity. The Proprietors.have sought to produce a series of Select Views which will form a characteristic Panorama of the Western World; especially in its Lake and River Scenery which has no parallel in Europe perhaps not on earth." Four pages of adverts Vol. 1 Vol. III book label rear pastedown of publisher rare first issue in five volumes. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities and a few corners cover gilt illustrations very bright and fresh. George Virtue hardcover
1855127793London: Virtue & Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. London Virtue & Co. City Road and Ivy Lane circa 1855/ 1840. Quarto two volumes bound as one as issued vi 140 iv 106 pages plus 2 engraved pictorial title pages a full-page map of the 'North Eastern Part of the United States' and 117 full-page engravings all but one with its original tissue-guard. The plates are 'From drawings by W.H. Bartlett. Engraved in the first style of the art by R. Wallis J. Cousen Willmore Brandard Adlard Richardson &c.'. Original half dark green morocco and green cloth the spine lettered and decorated in gilt in compartments all edges gilt; leather a little scuffed and sunned with a little wear to the corner tips; cloth scuffed more so at the rear; front inner hinge cracked but very firm; three tissue-guards a little chipped and creased; occasional foxing and minimal signs of use; overall an excellent copy. The early inkstamp of 'J.R. Hamilton Book Importer Sydney' is on the front pastedown. Virtue & Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
1842B5735London: George Virtue 26 Ivy Lane c. 1842. . A fine example with text and plates clean and crisp. A handsome set in attractive contemporary binding. Binding: Contemporary quarter green-brown calf with matching cloth boards spine with four raised gilt designed bands; compartments in blind and gilt floral design gilt title on two and four; matching marbled endpapers; all edges marbled; with tissue guards. Notes: “Bartlett made four voyages to the United States and Canada between the years 1836 and 1852 the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery in 1840 and Canadian Scenery in 1842 with text by N.P. Willisâ€Harper. “In autumn of 1836 in company with Willis he visited Niagara Falls and presumably was briefly in Canada. Journeyed from Halifax to Niagara in 1838 completing 117 sepia wash drawings which were engraved and published with text by Willis in a two volume Canadian Scenery in 1840†DNB. The engravings were produced by Willis Cousen and others. <br> Size: Quarto 274mm x 210mm. Illustration: Illustrated with one signed portrait of Bartlett by H. Room and B. Holl vol I; one full page map of Canada vol I plus 119 engraved plates by Bartlett both vols.; these include two engraved titles - each with a large vignette: “Wigwam in the Forest†vol I and “The horse-shoe fall†vol II - and a frontispiece to vol II entitled “Montreal from the Mountainâ€. <br> Volume: Two volumes. Provenance: Manuscript notation on verso of first upper free endpaper of vol I: “Mr. Coudani Copy // Albert Britnelâ€; third upper free endpapers of vols I&II manuscript note possibly signature of owner: “Allenâ€. References: Ref: Alston 7673; Sabin 3786; Lande 2310 Pages: P. Vol I: manuscript note bl. 2 owner’s signature frontispiece portrait engraved title “Wigwam…†bl. title printer’s note list of engravings bl. 2 map of Canada 1-128 with 53 engraved plates throughout the text; vol II: bl. 4 owner’s signature frontispiece “Montreal…†engraved title “The horse-shoe fall†bl. title printer’s note list of engravings bl. 1-116 with 63 engraved plates throughout the text. Category: Book Canada; Book Plate Books General; George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane hardcover
1842181911London : George Virtue 1842 1842. First Edition. Hardback. Scattered foxing. Very good copies both in the original full diced calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with raised bands ruled and gilt cross-bands and the titles blocked direct in gilt. Minor generalized wear; remains an uncommonly good example; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical desc.: 2 v.iv 2 170; 4 186 p. : 122 plates ; 4to. Notes: Variant imprint to volume 2: The literary portion of the work by J. Stirling Coyne. - Each volume has an additional titlepage engraved. Other names: Coyne J. Stirling Joseph Stirling 1803-1868. Referenced by: NSTC 2W24037 2C41485 2B10638. Subject: Antiquities. Engraving. Ireland - Pictorial works. Ireland - Antiquities. Ireland - Description and travel - Views. Ireland - Description and travel - Pictorial works. Genre: Illustrated works. Viewbooks. London : George Virtue, [1842?] hardcover
1840c45571840 Londres, Georges Virtue, Paris, Ferrier, 1840 ; 2 volumes in-4°,demi-chagrin violine de l' époque, dos lisse orné en long de grands fleurons "rocaille" dorés, d'un fer doré à l' oiseau, titre et tomaison doré; VIpp.,140pp.;IVpp.,106pp. lllustré de 2 titres-frontispices gravés et de 119 gravures hors texte sur acier ( dont 1 carte), chaque gravure est protégée par une serpente.
184055931London: George Virtue. Very Good. 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. AEG. Points bumped cloth somewhat mottled spine edges exposed in spots. Extra engraved title page frontis and numerous engraved plates. Mild foxing more to versos than rectos of plates. Hinges ok. ; quarto; iv 106 pages . George Virtue hardcover
1840H2105London: George Virtue 1840. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes quarto full contemporary black full grained calf with blind embossing and gilt floral decorations good plus set all engravings 120 plus title pages present some light wear to joints and corners front inner hinges show cracking contents good to very good with most plates showing some degree of foxing and some with old tidemarks from dampstaining. Still an attractive set. George Virtue hardcover
184252681London: published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1842. 4to 4 volumes in 13; 2 maps and over 200 fine steel engravings list of subscribers and advertisement leaves with the author's notice in the final volume. Bound with: Canadian Scenery Illustrated. Original quarter roan gilt-lettered in decorated publisher's boards; occasional spotting to edges of plates. A rare set of the two works issued together and assembled from the original parts. A most appealing set of an illustrated classic here in extended form with both the separate American and Canadian publications issued in this form as one continuous work numbered as a coherent series on the bindings. The series in this form includes over 200 steel-engraved images. The publisher's charming binding is in particularly good condition. "The New World of Columbus.its sudden rise to independence wealth and power" Author's preface is captured in this Victorian publication on the United States and "British America" Canada with fine engravings after the noted British landscape painter William Henry Bartlett. This is a wonderful illustrated romp published at a time to illustrate the last days of relative freedom of the North American native peoples Willis cites Blumenbach in analyzing the "real character of the aboriginal inhabitant" and the development of the cities on the West coast of America and unusually Lower Canada. William Bartlett "made four voyages to the United States and Canada.the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery and Canadian Scenery" DNB. The famous plates depict North American cities New York Philadelphia Boston Washington; important buildings such as the U.S. Bank the Capitol and Yale College; bridges parks falls ferries rivers; as well as fine views of Canada through Quebec Montreal Toronto and including Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles. Also included is an engraved portrait of Bartlett a map of the north-eastern United States and Lower Canada. Sabin calls Canadian Scenery "the finest of Mr. Bartlett's works." Willis's "The Literary Department" accompanying letterpress lyrically opines on the picturesque quoting Byron's Childe Harold on sighting Niagara Falls and noting that in America the traveler may imagine "an Eden newly-sprung from the ocean". Abbey 651 American Scenery; Sabin 3784 3786. published for the proprietors by George Virtue unknown
184285796hLondon: George Virtue 1842. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two volumes bound in early full burgundy leather with decorative gilt to spines and boards. All edges gilt; yellow endpapers. Lacks portrait of Bartlett but includes a portrait of Willis in Volume II. A total of 121 plates including portrait and title-page vignettes all but the map hand-coloured. Inner endpaper hinges cracked but firm and usable. Some slight toning internally but in general very bright and clean. Otherwise a clean tight and unmarked set. Very neat -- a very handsome set. iv128pl.;iv116pl.pp. George Virtue Hardcover
1865130457New York: Virtue and Yorston nd. ca. 1865-1875. Reprint of first edition published in London by George Virtue 1842. Very good . Illustrated title pages state London: James S. Virtue. 128; 116 p. interspersed with plates. Frontispiece portrait illustrated title page map in Part I and frontispiece and illustrated title in Part II. 116 other engraved plates each with descriptive caption. 29 cm. Full leather with gold print and dark brown impressing gold trim to edges and all text block edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Moderate wear to extremities. Small owner's label on verso of front free. A beautiful binding with clean plates and intact clean tissue guards. Some faint dampstains to bottom edges Part I p. 115 - Part II p. 13. <br/><br/>Originally issued in 30 monthly parts bound in printed paper wrappers each with four engravings and eight or twelve pages of text; also issued in quarterly instalments. Undated but printed after 1863 when the New York firm moved to Dey Street where it continued into the 1870s. Also printed during use of form "Virtue and Co." by London firm between 1865 and 1875. Map engraved by W. Hughes with plates by numerous individuals. A lovely copy of this early portrayal of Canadian life and scenery. Virtue and Yorston hardcover
1842140095London: James S. Virtue 1842. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good. BARTLETT William Henry. 2 vols.: Vol. 1: 5 128 p.Vol. II: 4 116 p. 28.5 cm. Violet cloth binding with gold and blind impressing on boards and spine. Pictorial design on front board in gold. Fading and wear at spine and edges of the boards. Bindings repaired. Vol. I includes 54 black and white engravings and a map of the Upper and Lower Canadian territories. Vol. II contains 64 black and white engravings. Gold edges on paper. Text is clear and unmarked except for some penciling on the lists of illustrations in each volume. Some foxing. <br/><br/>William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854 apprenticed with architect and antiquarian John Britton and became known for his drawings and watercolours. This study of the Canadian landscape is the second book on which Bartlett and author Willis collaborated. James S. Virtue hardcover
1883010023Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1883. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Folio. 92 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding is heavily worn soiled and rubbed. Complete with 25 black & white engravings. A few spots of foxing near the image area of a few plates. The first several pages and plates are loose with minor chipping tearing and browning to edges not affecting images. The bottom edge of all pages and plates with minor staining. This stain though light comes close to the image area on the final five plates. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover
184223767Engraved 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. George Virtue hardcover
1850147114<p>London : George Virtue 1850. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. no date circa 1850 IN SIX PARTS original quarter leather hardcover with decorated green boards engraved plates throughout all correct as called for some covers detached some plates browned mostly at margins GOOD ONLY SOLD AS A COLLECTION OF PLATES. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B37. <br /><br /></p> George Virtue hardcover
18402212London, George Virtue, 1840. 2 volumes in-4 de IV-140 + IV-106 pages, plein maroquin marron, dos à nerfs ornés, plats encadrés de cinq filets dorés et d’un roulette feuillagée, tranches dorées, double roulette intérieure dorée, gardes de soie moirée verte, couvertures conservées. Dos passés, plats griffés, coins frottés, rousseurs.
18422274986James S. Virtue 1842. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Bartlett W.H. Restoration to front joint boards lightly discolored tide mark to bottom margin light foxing throughout ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1842 Hard Cover. Both books bound together in one volume. 128; 116 pp. 4to. Half-leather gilt titles marbled endpapers includes about 120 engraved plates and a map of the eastern portion of Canada. A companion to American Scenery published two years earlier. James S. Virtue hardcover books
1840158271London: George Virtue 1840. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait and extra illustrated title page. Illustrated with 122 tissue protected plates including the map and the title pages from drawings by W.H. Bartlett engraved in the first style of the art by R. Wallis J. Cousen Willmore et al. 4to. Handsomely bound in contemporary brown polished calf; blind-stamped panels and gilt-stamped spines with black leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges leather is rubbed but sound and attractive; one plate loose; minimal scattered foxing. London: George Virtue 1840. Very good.<br/><br/> George Virtue unknown books