Newport and its Environs
by MASON (Geoffrey Champlin)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
The first view book of Newport, Rhode Island
MASON (Geoffrey Champlin), 1820–1894.
Newport and its Environs.
Newport, RI: Charles E. Hammett, 1848.
Oblong folio (12 x 16-1/2 inches; 30.6 x 42 cm), Lithographed title with vignette of Fort Dumpling and 11 tinted lithographic plates, each plate including title with leaf of explanatory text (some spotting, vignette slightly rubbed, dedication leaf creased); original gilt-stamped publisher's cloth (re-backed, some staining), in protective clamshell box.
Geoffrey Champlin Mason was a prominent Newport architect who helped found the Newport Historical Society. Upon returning from several years study in Europe, he "prepared the drawings for his first published work, Newport and its environs. It was designated 'Volume I,' although there is no evidence that a second volume ever materialized. All of the views bear Mason's signature and tend to emphasize—with their attention to cows, ducks, sheep, streams, and fishing—the pastoral quality of Newport's surroundings" (Deák).
Reference: Sabin 45442; Deák, Picturing America 558 (title vignette counted among the plates)Reviews
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- Bookseller
- BATTLEDORE LTD (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bb_newport
- Title
- Newport and its Environs
- Author
- MASON (Geoffrey Champlin)
- Illustrator
- G Champlin Mason
- Format/Binding
- Original gilt-stamped publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles E Hammett
- Place of Publication
- Newport, RI
- Date Published
- 1848
- Pages
- [24] ff.
- Size
- Oblong folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Newport, Rhode Island, landscapes, lithographs, Newport Historical Society
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- Antiquarian, Rare & Collectible Books;
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