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John Bufford after Emmons and Ingham, 1838
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Views of the Adirondack Mountain Region
John Bufford after Emmons and Ingham, 1838
BUFFORD, John H. (1810-1870) after EMMONS, Ebenezer (1799-1863) and INGHAM, Charles Cromwell (1796-1863). [Views of the Adirondack Mountain Region.] [New York:] Bufford: [1838].
“One of the most important keys to the iconography of the Adirondack region” (Deák). This publication is the origin of the use of the term "Adirondacks" to refer to the region. The plates were lithographed by John Bufford after drawings created by Emmons and Ingham as part of their 1837 geological survey of the Adirondack region. Alhough commissioned to accompany document 200 of their published report, the plates were also issued separately in plain colored wrappers. Georgia B. Barnhill, Wild Impressions: The Adirondacks on Paper 161-171; Deák 477.
Quarto (301 x 241mm). 15 lithographic views, maps, and sections, most of which are folding. Contemporary blue paper wrappers (spine neatly repaired). Clamshell box. Provenance: Hon. Samuel Hubbard of Boston, Massachusetts (1785-1847, Massachusetts Supreme Court judge; inscription on wrapper).
John Bufford after Emmons and Ingham, 1838
BUFFORD, John H. (1810-1870) after EMMONS, Ebenezer (1799-1863) and INGHAM, Charles Cromwell (1796-1863). [Views of the Adirondack Mountain Region.] [New York:] Bufford: [1838].
“One of the most important keys to the iconography of the Adirondack region” (Deák). This publication is the origin of the use of the term "Adirondacks" to refer to the region. The plates were lithographed by John Bufford after drawings created by Emmons and Ingham as part of their 1837 geological survey of the Adirondack region. Alhough commissioned to accompany document 200 of their published report, the plates were also issued separately in plain colored wrappers. Georgia B. Barnhill, Wild Impressions: The Adirondacks on Paper 161-171; Deák 477.
Quarto (301 x 241mm). 15 lithographic views, maps, and sections, most of which are folding. Contemporary blue paper wrappers (spine neatly repaired). Clamshell box. Provenance: Hon. Samuel Hubbard of Boston, Massachusetts (1785-1847, Massachusetts Supreme Court judge; inscription on wrapper).
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