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Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory

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$ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
16.06.2023 16:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 83 | Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory
Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory
Henry James Warre, 1848
WARRE, Henry James, (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London:] Lithographed, Printed & Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848].

Magnificent series of Pacific Northwest hand-colored views, in a contemporary binding. First edition. This copy includes the dedication leaf to Hudson's Bay Company, which according to Howes was not issued with all copies.

"One of the rarest and handsomest of Western books. In 1845 Captain Warre was sent by the British government to the Oregon Territory, at the height of the dispute with the United States over its ownership, to scout out the country in case British troops were brought into Oregon. He travelled overland across Canada to the Pacific Northwest, visiting present-day Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. By the time he returned the political crisis had been resolved. Warre, an accomplished artist, executed these illustrations on the spot, and published them upon his return to London.

"With Bodmer’s atlas and Catlin’s Portfolio, this is one of the very few color plate books on a large scale to depict the American West. Scenes include Falls of the Peloos River, the Rocky Mountains, the Dalles on the Columbia River, the Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River, Distant View of the Rocky Mountains, the American Village, Falls of the Kamanis on Taquoih River, Source of the Columbia River, Valley of the Willamette River, Mount Hood from Les Dalles, Fort Garry, Mount Hood, Fort George (Astoria), McGillivray River, Mount Baker, Cape Disappointment, Fort Vancouver, Indian Tomb, Buffalo Hunting on the Western Prairies, and Forcing a passage through the burning Prairie" (Best of the West). Abbey Travel 656; Best of the West 105; Bobins 67; Graff 4542; Hill 1827; Howes W-114 ("c"); Sabin 101455; Wagner-Camp 157.

Folio (517 x 344mm). Letterpress title, dedication and five pages of text (light creasing). 20 hand-colored lithographed views on 16 sheets after Warre, one lithographed map colored in outline (first plate with repaired corner, a little soiling to Mount Baker view, a little fingersoiling). Contemporary red half morocco gilt, title gilt-stamped on upper cover (rebacked with old spine laid down, rubbed and darkened, edges bumped, light spotting to endleaves). Provenance: Francis A.L. Mathewson, 1905-1994 (bookplate).Warre, Henry
Oregon Territory
Western Americana
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