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1. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake valley / illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy ; including views of Nauvoo and the ruins of the temple, with a historical account of the city ; views of Carthage jail ; and portraits and memoirs of Joseph and Hyrum Smith ; their mother, Lucy Smith ; Joseph and David Smith, sons of the prophet Joseph ; president Brigham Young ; Heber C. Kimball ; Willard Richards ; Jedidiah M. Grant ; John Taylor ; the late chief patriarch, Father John Smith ; and the present chief patriarch, John Smith, son of Hyrum ; together with a geographical and historical description of Utah, and a map of the overland routes to that territory from the Missouri River ; also an authentic history of the Latter-Day Saints' emigration from Europe from the commencement up to the close of 1855, with statistics ; edited by James Linforth.

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Creator:
Piercy, Frederick Hawkins, 1830–1891
Date:
MDCCCLV [1855]
Physical Description:
viii, 120 pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Illustrations for Nathaniel Parker Willis's American scenery.

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Creator:
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809–1854
Date:
1839-1840
Physical Description:
2 volumes : steel engravings ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A series of views of the most remarkable localities celebrated for picturesque beauty of historical and other associations / exquisitely engraved by Cooke, from original drawings ; 34 plates.

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Creator:
Cooke, George, 1781–1834
Date:
[1812]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, [34] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The Virginians : a tale of the last century / by W. M. Thackeray, author of "Esmond," "Vanity Fair," "The Newcomes," &c. &c. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
Date:
1858-1859
Physical Description:
2 v. (24 nos.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

5. American scenery, or, Land, lake, and river : illustrations of transatlantic nature / from drawings by W.H. Bartlett, engraved in the first style of the art, by R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Wilmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson, &c. ; the literary department by N.P. Willis, Esq. author of "Pencillings by the way," "Inklings of adventure," etc.

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Creator:
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806–1867
Date:
MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : ilustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party / compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition ; in two vols., with an atlas.

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Creator:
James, Edwin, 1797–1861
Date:
1822-1823
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 25-30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts