Scenery of the White Mountains: With Sixteen Plates, From the
by OAKES, William
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1848. OAKES, William. Scenery of the White Mountains: With Sixteen Plates, From the Drawings of Isaac Sprague. Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1848. 4 preliminary leaves, sixteen lithograph plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. Folio. Original cloth, expertly rebacked, gilt title on front cover, a.e.g. Some scattered foxing on several plates, but most are quite clean. Overall a very good copy. HOWES O-1, "b". A series of handsome landscape views in New Hampshire and Maine made at Bufford's Lithographic establishment, viz: 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.
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- George S. MacManus Company (US)
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- 46064
- Title
- Scenery of the White Mountains: With Sixteen Plates, From the
- Author
- OAKES, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- M/R, NHXX, MEXX, NEW ENGLAND, HOWESX, FINE/GEN AM
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