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Das illustrirte Mississippithal

Lot 54
16.06.2023 16:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 54 | Das illustrirte Mississippithal
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Das illustrirte Mississippithal
Henry Lewis, 1854-1858
LEWIS, Henry (c.1819-1904). Das illustrirte Mississippithal, dargestellt in 80 nach der Natur aufgenommenen Ansichten von Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico. Düsseldorf: [C.H. Müller in Aachen] for Arnz & Co., [1854-1858].

"The great early color plate book of the Mississippi region," (Streeter). Complete first edition, first issue, a Howes "dd" book. The "dd" designation in Howes denotes titles that are "superlatively rare, almost unobtainable." The title page here is undated and erroneously credits George B. Douglas as the author; this was corrected in later issues. Henry Lewis spent the summers of 1846 and 1847 floating down the entire course of the river, sketching as he went. The fine views include St. Louis, St. Paul, Dubuque, Nauvoo, Natchez, Baton Rouge and many scenes of Native American life. New Orleans is illustrated in a very fine, folding plate which, when counted as two plates (and the additional title as one), gives the total of eighty plates called for on the title-page. An English edition was also planned but never realized, hence the German-English captions on some of the plates. Lewis was born in England and emigrated to America when he was 10 years old. In St. Louis, he became a landscape artist and produced a monumental (12 feet high and 1300 feet long) panorama of the Mississippi River which was exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and praised by President Zachary Taylor. "This color plate book grew out of [that] larger project ... It is the closest surviving remnant we have to the several epic panoramas of the Mississippi created in the mid-nineteenth century, all of which are now lost" (America Pictured to the Life 13). Deák 552; Howes L-312 ("dd"); Reps Views and Viewmakers 29; Sabin 40807; Streeter sale 1547.

Small folio (272 x 170mm). Duotone lithographed additional title page and 78 tinted lithographed plates, finished by hand, including one folding, after Lewis by Arnz (light fingersoiling to additional title, title and foreword leaf toned with a pale tidemark, occasional mild toning to text or plates, small corner repair pl. 17, faint spotting to pls. 43-44, pale marginal spotting to pls.68-70). Modern half morocco over older pebbled cloth, spine gilt in compartments.Lewis, Henry
Mississippi River
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Printed books
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