Title-page, contents list, & 22 double-page plates, including color lithographed maps, lithographs of the canyon by W.H. Holmes, a striking chromolithograph by Thomas Moran etc. (Folio) 50x42 cm (20x17¼"), original gilt-lettered cloth. Inscription at the top of the title page reads: "D.L. Brown - Oct. 14th, 1886. Secured at the suggestion of Capt. C.E. Dutton, U.S.A." A magnificent collection of maps and views that has elicited superlatives from every critic, and is certainly worthy of Francis Farquhar's description of it as "one of the greatest if not the greatest of all grand canyon books." Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
Title-page, contents list, & 22 double-page plates, including color lithographed maps, lithographs of the canyon by W.H. Holmes, a striking chromolithograph by Thomas Moran etc. (Folio) 50x42 cm (20x17¼"), original gilt-lettered cloth. Inscription at the top of the title page reads: "D.L. Brown - Oct. 14th, 1886. Secured at the suggestion of Capt. C.E. Dutton, U.S.A." A magnificent collection of maps and views that has elicited superlatives from every critic, and is certainly worthy of Francis Farquhar's description of it as "one of the greatest if not the greatest of all grand canyon books." Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
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