Das Illustrirte Mississippithal Dargestellt in 80 nach der Natur

by LEWIS, Henry

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1923. LEWIS, Henry. Das Illustrirte Mississippithal Dargestellt in 80 nach der Natur Aufgenommenen Ansichten vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico. Leipzig: H. Schmidt & C. Gunther; Firenze: Otto Lange, 1923. 4to. xxii,431pp. Portraits, 78 colored plates (1 folding, counting as 2). Orig. 3/4 gilt-ruled green morocco and marbled, raised spine bands, sewn silk ribbon, T.e.g. Spine sunned, corners lightly rubbed, else near fine. HOWES L-312, "aa." One of the great illustrated books relating to North America. Issued as no. 3 in the Reprints of Rare Americana series, being a facsimile of the rare Dusseldorf (1854-58) edition, with a new 8-page introduction by J. Christian Bay. Laid in is a typed letter signed from Wilberforce Eames to J. Christian bay, dated 9 October 1923, " I appreciate very much your sending to me one of your separate on Henry Lewis. It is certainly a most interesting story, and I wonder at the skill that has brought it to the light. It seems to me that the chief value of the new edition of the book is in your introduction.

• Year: 1923
• Binding: unknown

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