[Dodge, Loudon Underhill]:

$975 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

ILLUSTRATED CHAUTAUQUA [cover title]. A very rare illustrated view book for Lake Chautauqua in upstate New York. Along with Illustrated Florida, this is the only other work published in the Dodge Art Publishing Company's planned "Illustrated Resorts" series, and is composed of beautiful scenic lithographs of lake-goers enjoying Chautauqua, with a particular focus on sail and steamboats. The final image takes the form of a stylized map of Lake Chautauqua, and contains a list of the other "Illustrated Resorts" which never came to fruition. The text, surrounded by an elaborate faux-Egyptian illustrated border, describes Lake Chautauqua's attractions and nearby methods of transportation including steamship and railway. The text printed on the rear board of this copy reads "With compliments of the Passenger Department of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad Co.," suggesting that some copies of this work were distributed as souvenirs or travel advertisements.The illustrations (apart from the map described above) are: "Going Through the Outlet"; "Lakewood N.Y.P.&O.R.R."; "Bemus Point"; "Moonlight at the Narrows"; "Long Point"; "Fair Point"; "Point Chautauqua"; "The Lake from Mayville"; and "Looking West Near Fluvanna" (the cover illustration).Loudon Dodge was a native of New York who served in the National Guard during the Civil War. After several failed business ventures throughout the 1870s he settled on painting and lithography, and the views in this collection were lith

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