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Title: AMERICAN SCENERY
OR, LAND, LAKE, AND RIVER ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRANSATLANTIC NATURE
By: Nathaniel Parker Willis
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1108003338
ISBN 13: 9781108003339
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION
Pub. date: 20 July, 2009
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
Pages: 220
Description: A book of prints and accompanying essays showing the beauties of the American landscape.
Synopsis: Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-67) came from a publishing family and began his writing career with contributions to magazines. He also wrote poetry and plays but is best remembered as a travel writer. In this two-volume work of 1840, his contribution (described on the title page as 'the literary department') was to provide a narrative for prints from the engravings of William Henry Bartlett (1809-54), the famous British landscape artist, who followed already established tourist routes in the United States to make his drawings. Each of Bartlett's 119 engravings is accompanied by a short essay by Willis, who states in the preface that it is his intention to bring to the reader at home 'at small cost' the sensations of travel which 'those whose lot is domestic and retired' would never be in a position to experience for themselves. The extremely popular work remained in print for thirty years.
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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