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Hayden, Ferdinand V. — Russell, Andrew Joseph [photographer]
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery, With a Description of the Geographical and Geological Features, and Some Account of the Resources of the Great West; Containing Thirty Photographic Views Along the Line of the Pacific Rail Road, From Omaha to Sacramento. New York: Julius Bien, 1870.
- paper, ink, leather
ILLUSTRATION: 30 mounted albumen photographs by AJ Russell.
Large 4to (12 x 9 1/2 in.; 305 x 241 mm). BINDING: Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth, spine gilt, edges gilt.
Dampstaining to margins, not affecting plates, some spotting very occasionally affecting plates. Binding with some rubbing to joints, corners bumped.
Large 4to (12 x 9 1/2 in.; 305 x 241 mm). BINDING: Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth, spine gilt, edges gilt.
Dampstaining to margins, not affecting plates, some spotting very occasionally affecting plates. Binding with some rubbing to joints, corners bumped.
Literature
Flake 3920; Howes H337; Margolis, To Delight the Eye 7; Sabin 31007; Sandweiss 177; Truthful Lens 81
Catalogue Note
A CLASSIC PHOTOBOOK ON THE AMERICAN WEST. The views, depicting scenes along the line of the Union Pacific, are intended to illustrate the geology which can be observed from the train. Despite the title, all the photographs are of locales within the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada (twelve in Wyoming, sixteen in Utah, and two in California).