Picturesque United States of America, 1811, 1812, 1813, being a memoir on Paul Svinin, Russian diplomatic officer, artist, and author, containing copious excerpts from his account of his travels in America, with fifty-two reproductions of water colors
Picturesque United States of America, 1811, 1812, 1813, being a memoir on Paul Svinin, Russian diplomatic officer, artist, and author, containing copious excerpts from his account of his travels in America, with fifty-two reproductions of water colors...
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Introduction by R. T. H. Halsey. Some light soiling to preliminaries; otherwise very good in a jacket with some overall soiling and moderate edgewear. xviii, 46 pp. + 51 leaves of plates. Frontispiece in color. Folio,
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G (DJ is soiled and has average edge wear underneath the mylar cover; book has tanning on the flyleaves but is otherwise fairly clean on interior surfaces. ) Crimson cloth, beige paper dust jacket in mylar cover. xviii, 46 pp. + 51 bw plates (color frontispiece). Russian artist and diplomatic secretary Paul or Pavel Svinin (1787-1839) toured the northeastern United States in the early 1800s. Here are excerpts of his notes, details about the time and his trip, and 51 BW reproductions of landscapes he rendered along the way. Most of the paintings show scenes from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland. Of interest to both cultural and art historians. With an introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. One of 1000 copies.
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G (DJ is soiled and has chipping and small tears; end papers have bleed at bottom from water damage to lower cloth binding; water staining to page edges through Contents page. ) Crimson cloth, beige paper dust jacket. xviii, 46 pp. + 51 bw plates (color frontispiece). Russian artist and diplomatic secretary Paul or Pavel Svinin (1787-1839) toured the northeastern United States in the early 1800s. Here are excerpts of his notes, details about the time and his trip, and 51 BW reproductions of landscapes he rendered along the way. Most of the paintings show scenes from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland. Of interest to both cultural and art historians. With an introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. One of 1000 copies.
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Very Good+ Spine sunned and with spine lettering faded. Boards with light wear to extremities; Limited edition of one thousand copies. Separately paginated sections of text regarding Russian diplomat Svinin's visit to the US, as well as the author's own sketches. Also has a Cherokee "Death Song, " in notation; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11"-13" tall; 46, 51 pages.
