W. H. Bartlett — The Pilgrim Fathers

London, Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. 1854. Leather. A smart full-morocco edition of this highly illustrated historical travel work on the founding of New England from popular British artist William Henry Bartlett. Second edition, revised.In blue full-morocco binding.With a lovely contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1854.Wondefully illustrated with twenty-eight plates, including the frontispiece and vignette title page, and numerous additional in-text woodcuts by the author. Collated, complete.Sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.An engaging work of American history on the founding of New England, posed in three parts: "The Pilgrims in England", "The Exiles in Holland" and "The Settlement in America". Written by prominent British artist William Henry Bartlett, best known for his illustrative engravings and historical travel works. In blue full-morocco binding. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1854. Externally, generally smart with moderate bumping and rubbing, leading to visible loss of leather, especially to the joints, which are cracked but firm, and light marking to boards. Internally, hinges very marginally weak, leading to slight tension to the binding, namely between pages 104 and 105, otherwise text firmly bound. Mainly bright and clean with heavier spotting to the first and last few pages but only the occasional spot throughout. Good . Ill.: A. Willmore; C. Cousen; J. Cousen; E. Brandard; J. T. Armytage; W. H. Bartlett. Good .