3 1/2" x 6 1/4" (9 x 16 cm). Lithotint from original engraving. From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville VSA in the Rocky Mountain and the Far West by Washington Irving, Pawnee Edition, vol. 1. View More...
3 1/2" x 5 1/4" (9 x 13.5 cm). Lithotint from original photograph. From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville VSA in the Rocky Mountain and the Far West by Washington Irving, Pawnee Edition, vol. 1. View More...
3 1/2" x 5 1/2" (9 x 14 cm). Lithotint from original photograph by the Photochrom Company, Detroit. From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville VSA in the Rocky Mountain and the Far West by Washington Irving, Pawnee Edition, vol. 1. View More...
3 1/2" x 5 1/2" (9 x 14 cm). Lithotint based on a sketch from a government survey. From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville VSA in the Rocky Mountain and the Far West by Washington Irving, Pawnee Edition, vol. 1. View More...
9" x 11" (23.5 x 28 cm) engraving of various geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated. Paper shows light smudging, edge wear and very small holes near top edge -- none of which affect the image. Blank verso with moderate smudging. The image was originally created for the 1872 Hayden Survey by the USGS. Bisbing, a painter and engraver who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, illustrated both the 1872 and 1873 surveys, though there is no record of his traveling to the West, instead he worked in-part f... View More...
21.5 x 13.5 cm. Full-color illustrated plate from Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History, with tissue guard printed to identify the animals depicted in the plate. View More...
21.5 x 13.5 cm. Full-color illustrated plate from Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History, with tissue guard printed to identify the animals depicted in the plate. View More...
21.5 x 13.5 cm. Full-color illustrated plate from Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History, with tissue guard printed to identify the animals depicted in the plate. View More...
20.5 x 25.5 cm (8" x 10"). Gravure print of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, in Yellowstone National Park. Page 525 of Glimpses of the World: A Portfolio of Photographs of the Marvelous Works of God and Man, by John L. Stoddard. Famous for his lectures involving use of a stereopticon and magic lantern, Stoddard is considered the originator of the travelogue, [Wikipedia]. Includes information sheet from an auction sale. Very light creasing and slight toning. View More...
21.5 x 13.5 cm. Full-color illustrated plate from Richard Lydekker's The Royal Natural History, with tissue guard printed to identify the animals depicted in the plate. View More...