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1840238057London: George Virtue 1840. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. In HARPER'S binding of half purple-morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Harper was likely the American distributor; extremities slightly rubbed vol. II covers soiled plates with scattered light foxing mostly marginal overall a very attractive copy. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. Originally published in 30 parts without text and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form this is a beautiful series of views showing principal cities and scenic views engraved from drawings Bartlett made during a visit to America and Canada 1837-1838. He stayed with his collaborator the poet N.P. Willis and accompanied him on a trip West. A handsome survey of the New World. Sabin 3784; Howes B209; BAL 22755; Abbey Travel 651 George Virtue unknown
1840138448London: George Virtue 1840. In-8 gr. mm. 275x210 2 volumi mz. marocchino coevo lievi aloni ai piatti decorazioni e titolo oro al dorso pp. IV1402; 61062; con bel ritratto dell'artista Bartlett inciso da B. Holl su disegno di H. Room grande vignetta Ascent to the Capitol Washington e Entrance to the Hudson Highlands near Newburgh ai 2 frontespizi incisi 1 Map of the North-Eastern Parts of the United States posta alla fine del 2° volume e complessive 117 bellissime tavole come da Indici 65 52 inc. su acciaio da disegni di Bartlett che raffigurano vedute di paesaggi monumenti ed edifici delle città più importanti degli Stati del Nord-Est incluse vedute di Niagara Falls Albany the Capitol at Washington Boston New York Bay the Ferry at Brooklyn New York Utica Baltimore Hudson City Northampton Massachusetts Faneuil Hall from the Water tutte protette da velina. I disegni sono di splendida qualità fin nei più piccoli particolari e sono commentati da interessanti scritti di Nathaniel Willis. E' questa una delle più importanti e affascinanti raccolte del celebre illustratore inglese Bartlett 1809-1854 che comprendono vedute per lo più da lui realizzate nel 1835 quando visitò per la prima volta gli Stati Uniti.Tracce d'uso e aloni ai soli margini delle tavole testo ben conservato. George Virtue, unknown
1840179461London: George Virtue 1840. With more than a hundred evocative engravings First edition in book form. American Scenery shows the principal American cities of the day including Baltimore Albany and Philadelphia and famous scenic vistas such as Niagara Falls and the Hudson Palisades. Most of the illustrations depict New York and New England with others of Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Bartlett and Willis were introduced by their mutual friend Dr William Beattie. Bartlett had established a name for himself as a book artist through his illustrations of Europe and the Middle East. Willis had published a successful travel account of Europe titled Pencillings by the Way in 1835 and followed it in 1836 with Inklings of Adventure an account of the lands surrounding his home in Susquehanna. American Scenery was his first luxury illustrated publication. To achieve it Bartlett "spent a year in America during which time he visited Niagara stayed at Willis's home in the Susquehanna and together they toured Wyoming" Hunnisett p. 114. American Scenery was originally issued in 30 monthly instalments from 1837-39 by the same publisher. 2 vols quarto 275 x 205. With steel-engraved portrait frontispiece vignette title pages and 117 plates by W. H. Bartlett 1 map most with tissue guards. Contemporary black pebble-grain roan spines in gilt compartments covers richly decorated with gilt frames and centrepieces board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt blue moire endpapers and matching silk bookmarkers all edges gilt. Gilt bright vol. I with small chip and short split at foot of spine two corners worn a few plates foxed occasional offsetting to facing pages. A very good set. Howes B209 Sabin 3784. Basil Hunnisett Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England 1980. unknown
1840842811840. BARTLETT William and WILLIS Nathaniel Parker. American Scenery; or Land Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett. London: George Virtue 1840. 2 vols. 140pp. plus 66 plates including frontispiece portrait engraved title and map; 106pp. plus 52 plates and engraved title. Quarto. Full gilt decorated red morocco a.e.g. Edges a bit darkened foxing and toning else very good. Howes B-209. Abbey 651. Clark III:256. Sabin 3784. Bartlett's most famous work. He visited Canada and the United States on four separate occasions and the illustrations show many of the principal cities of North America as well as the most famous scenic vistas of the day. The majority of the views are in New York and New England but Bartlett went as far north as the White Mountains and as far south as Virginia. He found Niagara and the Hudson Valley most suitable for landscape. There are city views of Washington Saratoga Boston New Haven Baltimore Rochester Philadelphia and New York among others. unknown
184075010London:: George Vitrue 1840. First edition. 19th c. half calf; gilt spines with raised bands; rose-colored boards; all edges marbled. Tiny ink ownership notation; some scuffing to the leather and light soiling to boards; both volumes tight and sound and remarkably for this set free of foxing throughout. 4to. Added engraved title page in each volume; map portrait and 117 engraved plates. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Department by N.P. Willis. George Vitrue, hardcover
1840007646London: George Virtue. First edition. 2 volumes bound in 3/4 green leather with raised bands all edge gilting marbled endpapers. Published London: George Virtue 1840. Large 4to. 8 3/4" x 11" 140pp.map66 engravingsengraved title; state A of volume 2 with contents page numbered 106pp.53 engravingsengraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He travelled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Ocassional foxing to the plates and tissue guards Light wear/rubbing to extremities faded area to the cloth of volume two mild outer hinge starting. Very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1840. George Virtue unknown
1840007645London: George Virtue. First edition. 2 volumes bound in extra gilt-ornamental red full leather with panels raised bands all edge gilting gilt edge decorations colored endpapers ribbon markers. Bookplate of former U.S. Senator and Congressman William L. Scott Virginia Republican on pastedown in each volume. Published London: George Virtue 1840. Large 4to. 8 3/4" x 11" 140pp.map66 engravingsengraved title; state A of volume 2 with contents page numbered 106pp.53 engravingsengraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Internally fine with no toning or foxing plates nearly immaculate under tissue guards. Joints and corners rubbed front joint of one volume starting. Very good near fine internally . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1840. George Virtue unknown
184027507London. George Virtue 26 Ivy Lane 1840 1840. 1st Edition. 4to. 27cm first edition iv21404p. engraved title page is heavily foxed wanting the printed title page with 68 steel engraved plates in contemporary half green decorated calf chipped at the head of the spine the plates have some foxing but are good clean impressions as is tgc George Virtue London imprint precedes - James S. Virtue City Road and Ivy Lane. London and New York. Howes B-209. Sabin 3784. - Views including six plates of Niagara Falls and area; 3 on New York city 2 on Boston 1 Erie canal 1 Lake Ontario many on the Hudson River and Hudson valley. London. George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1840 unknown
1840B5887London:: George Virtue c. 1840. A near fine and handsome copy bound in decorative original full gilt paneled calf; with text and plates clean and crisp. Edition: First edition. Binding: Contemporary full dark brown gilt and blind paneled calf flat spine in three compartments of Greek gilt-tooled bands and gilt spiral motifs; gilt text on two; endpapers marbled all edges <br>gilt. <br> Notes: William Henry Bartlett was a British artist best known for his numerous steel engravings. In 1835 Bartlett first visited the United States in order to draw the buildings towns and scenery of the northeastern states. The finely detailed steel engravings Bartlett produced were published uncolored with a text by Nathaniel Parker Willis as American Scenery; or Land Lake and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. American Scenery was published by George Virtue in London in 30 monthly installments from 1837 to 1839. Bound editions of the work were published from 1840 onward. Size: Quarto 267x206mm . Illustration: Illustrated with two 2 illustrated titles with vignettes in colour plus 67 hand-coloured plates in Vol. I and 52 hand-coloured plates in Vol. II for a total of 121 engraved plates overall – these include a frontispiece portrait of Bartlett in black and white signed by him as well as a map of the Northeastern States in contemporary colour outline. Volume: Two Volumes. Provenance: Both volumes have a paste-in ex libris bookplate of ‘Edward Francis Hutton’ on upper pasted endpaper with another much smaller 1’ sticker depicting a sailboat with the initials ‘W.A.H’ beneath; blind seal on verso of lower margin of upper free endpaper ‘ References: Howes B-209; Sabin 3784; Abbey Travel 651. Pages: Vol. I: Frontispiece portrait illustrated title blank title printer’s imprint preface 2 contents 2 bl. map 1-140 with 65 hand-coloured plates; Vol. II: illustrated vignette title blank title printer’s imprint contents 2 1-106 with 52 engraved hand-colour plates. Category: Book Americas U.S.; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Voyages General; George Virtue, unknown
1840B2655London: George Virtue 1840. Covers slightly worn otherwise generally a very good set. Plate are clean and crisp. Binding: Contemporary full embossed and gilt cloth upper board with gilt image of a native American hunter surrounded by a floral and foliage embossed boarder. Flat spine with title in gilt all edges gilt. Notes: Uncommon in 5 parts.<br>William Henry Bartlett was a British artist best known for his numerous steel engravings. In 1835 Bartlett first visited the United States in order to draw the buildings towns and scenery of the northeastern states. The finely detailed steel engravings Bartlett produced were published uncolored with a text by Nathaniel Parker Willis as American Scenery; or Land Lake and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. American Scenery was published by George Virtue in London in 30 monthly installments from 1837 to 1839. Bound editions of the work were published from 1840 onward. His impressions of Canada were collected in Canadian Scenery in 1842. Size: 4to Illustration: Contains 1 map 119 plates including 2 engraved titles. The plates depict various views in the United States. Volume: 2 volumes in 5 parts References: Howes B-209; Sabin 3784; Abby Travel 651 Pages: Part 1. P. plates 1-48 advertisements 4; Part 2. P. plates 49-96; Part 3. P. plates 97-140 1-4; Part 4. P. plates 5-52; Part 5. P. plates 5-106 iii-iv title blank iii-iv title blank iii-iv. Category: Book Americas U.S.; Book Plate Books General George Virtue hardcover
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
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
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
