Bartlett, William, and Nathaniel Parker Willis:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

CANADIAN SCENERY ILLUSTRATED. FROM DRAWINGS BY W.H. BARTLETT. First edition, first issue, with the portrait of Bartlett. Bartlett was a skilled topographical draughtsman who travelled extensively, providing the plates for a number of travelogues. Canadian Scenery is considered his finest work. Between 1836 and 1852 he visited the U.S. and Canada four times, and sketched much of what he saw. The views include Kingston, Cobourg, Ottawa River, Quebec, Toronto, Queenstown, scenes of Indians, and much more. Willis provides the text, descriptive of the plates and relating a history and the current conditions in the eastern provinces and Upper and Lower Canada in 1839-40.

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