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[NORTH AMERICAN SCENERY]. BARTLETT, William Henry, illustrator (1809–1854). –– WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker (1806–1867). American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River: Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. London: James S. Virtue, n.d. [ca. 1858]. 4to. 119 hand–colored engraved plates including additional vignette titles after drawings by Bartlett, full–page engraved map by F. P. Becker; all with tissue guards. Later half crushed red morocco, raised bands, compartments gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Early edition of one of the most important and desirable collections of the famed illustrator from his first visit to the United States in 1835. RARELY SEEN IN COLOR. BAL 22927. –– [ALSO WITH:] Canadian Scenery. London: George Virtue, 1842. 2 volumes, 4to. 117 steel–engraved plates after Bartlett, 2 additional engraved titles, engraved frontispiece in Vol. II (without portrait frontispiece in Vol. II), full–page engraved map. Contemporary full–grain crimson morocco ruled in gilt, raised bands, compartments completely gilt with vines and fleuron devices, all edges gilt (hinges worn and tender with some separation at ends, corners and edges rubbed, spine panel also rubbed). FIRST EDITION. BAL 22764. –– Together, 2 works in 4 volumes.