SCENERY OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS: WITH SIXTEEN PLATES, FROM THE DRAWINGS OF ISAAC SPRAGUE.
Oakes, William:
Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1848. 4 preliminary leaves, sixteen lithographic plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. Folio. Original cloth, spine laid down and corners skillfully refurbished, a.e.g., gilt title on front cover. An unusually clean copy, free of foxing. Very good. A series of classic landscape views in New Hampshire and Maine, 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." HOWES O1, "b."
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