Western scenery, or, Land and river, hill and dale, in the Mississippi Valley : superbly lithographed from original sketches / literary department by William Wells.

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Wells, William Franklin, Western scenery, or, Land and river, hill and dale, in the Mississippi Valley , [1851]

Creator:: Wells, William Franklin
Title(s):: Western scenery, or, Land and river, hill and dale, in the Mississippi Valley : superbly lithographed from original sketches / literary department by William Wells.
Additional Title(s):: Western scenery
Land and river, hill and dale, in the Mississippi Valley
Physical Description:: 52 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
F353 .W45 1851+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1503915
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Lithographs by A. Forbriger, F. v. Laer, and E. Bott.
The title page is lithographed, with five vignettes.
"The series will consist of twenty-four parts, and each one will contain three lithographic views. They will be published semi-monthly ..."--Advertisement, page [1].
BEIN: Issued in 6 parts; in original paper wrappers.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original illustrated wrapper. British Art Center copy imperfect: lacks back wrapper.
Subject Terms:: Mississippi River Valley -- Pictorial works.
Ohio River Valley -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:: Lithographs -- 1851.
Contributors:: Onken, Otto, 1814 or 1815-1897, publisher.
Forbriger, Adolphus A., -1869, lithographer.
Laer, F. van, lithographer.
Bott, Emil, 1827-1908, lithographer.
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