Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley

Lot 235
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 15 120
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementEtats-Unis, New York
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ID 752989
Lot 235 | Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake ValleyJames Linforth, 1855LINFORTH, James (1827-1899), editor, and Frederick PIERCY (1830-1891), illustrator. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley Illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy. Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards, 1855. First edition of one of the most elaborately and beautifully illustrated western books. "This beautiful book is one of the most important publications devoted to the Mormon emigration to Utah, and a landmark in the artistic depiction of western scenes. On one level it is a guidebook to Mormon emigrants, following the usual formula of overland guides except with elaborate illustrations. Beyond this, it depicts many of the significant places of Mormon history, such as the room in the Carthage, Illinois jail where Joseph Smith was martyred. The very fine steel plate engravings are after drawings by the English artist Frederick Piercy, based on his 1853 trip to Salt Lake. The Piercy engravings are among the finest published views of the West" (Best of the West). Howes L-359 ("b"); Best of the West 135; Wagner-Camp 259. Quarto (303 x 240mm). Folding map and 30 plates. Contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards, all edges gilt (some rubbing to extremities of boards); slipcase.
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