Canadian scenery illustrated /
from drawings by W.H. Bartlett ; the literary department by N.P. Willis, Esq. author of "Pencillings by the way," "Inklings of adventure," etc.
Description
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Allen, James Baylis, 1803-1876, engraver.
Challis, Ebenezer, active 1831-1863, engraver.
Sands, Robert, 1782-1855, engraver.
Le Keux, John, 1783-1846, engraver.
Tingle, James, active 1824-1850, engraver.
Smith, J. (John), active 1832-1846, engraver.
Mossman, William, 1824-1884, engraver.
Roberts, Edward John, 1797-1865, engraver.
Carter, James, 1798-1855, engraver.
Topham, Francis William, 1808-1877, engraver.
Cousen, Charles, 1819-1889, engraver.
Armytage, James Charles, -1897, engraver.
Benjamin, E., steel engraver, engraver.
Bradshaw, Samuel, active 1832-1880, engraver.
Griffiths, Henry, -1849, engraver.
Adlard, Henry, engraver.
Richardson, George K., -approximately 1891, engraver.
Bentley, Joseph Clayton, 1809-1851, engraver.
Brandard, Robert, 1805-1862, engraver.
Willmore, James Tibbetts, 1800-1863, engraver.
Cousen, John, 1804-1880, engraver.
Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878, engraver.
Hughes, William, 1818-1876, engraver.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, illustrator.
Virtue and Company
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English
- Published
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London : Virtue & Co., City Road and Ivy Lane, [between 1865 and 1875?]
London : Virtue & Co., City Road and Ivy Lane, [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Note
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Volume 1: 4 unnumbered pages,128 pages, 55 unnumbered leaves of plates; volume 2: 4 unnumbered pages, 116 pages, 65 unnumbered leaves of plates.
Map engraved by W. Hughes; other engravings by R. Wallis, J. Cousan, Willmore, R. Brandard, Bentley, Richardson, H. Adlard, H. Griffiths, S. Bradshaw, E. Benjamin, E. Radclyffe, J.C. Armytage, C. Cousen, F.W. Topham, J. Carter, E.J. Roberts, W. Mossman, J. Smith, J. Tingle, J.H. Le Keux, R. Sands, E. Challis, and J.B. Allen.
The engravings signed and each with a caption title; undated.
Probable date range suggested by entries under the Virtue name in Brown, P.A.H., London publishers and printers, c. 1800-1870, page 209.
Originally issued in 30 monthly parts bound in printed paper wrappers, each with four engravings and eight or twelve pages of text; also issued in quarterly instalments.
Reprint of first edition: London : George Virtue, 1842.
Added engraved title page in each volume: "Canadian scenery, by N.P. Willis, Esq: illustrated in a series of views by W.H. Bartlett." Imprint, volume 1: "London"; imprint, volume 2: London, James S. Virtue"; vignette in volume 1: Wigwam in the forest, vignette in volume 2: The Horse-shoe fall.
- Physical Description
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2 volumes :
illustrations, map ;
28 cm
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