Birch, WilliamThe Country Seats of the United States of North America, with some Scenes connected with them. Springland, near Bristol, Pennsylvania: William Birch, 1809
Oblong 4to (187 x 237 mm). Engraved title-page, engraved section titles, introduction leaf preceding the plates, 20 hand-colored copper plate engravings, three leaves of explanatory text at rear; small repair to margin of title, a few stray spots, minor browning. Period half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine with repeat gilt device.
A fine copy of one of the rarest collections of American views — one of the earliest books of its kind published in America.
Country Seats principally depicts views near Philadelphia, but also shows estates in Virginia (most notably Mount Vernon), New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Louisiana.Birch and his sons, Thomas and George, collaborated on the work, combining line and stipple engraving with delicate coloring to rich effect. The conception of Country Seats was primarily a handsome series of views aimed at an audience such as those who might possess country estates themselves.
Initially issued in four parts for a limited number of subscribers, the work met with little commercial success. Birch nonetheless proceeded to put his work into book form. After the issue to subscribers was complete, he reissued the plates as one volume in 1809 in a trade edition (as the present copy).
Very few copies now exist.
REFERENCES:Howes B460; Sabin 5531
Birch, WilliamThe Country Seats of the United States of North America, with some Scenes connected with them. Springland, near Bristol, Pennsylvania: William Birch, 1809
Oblong 4to (187 x 237 mm). Engraved title-page, engraved section titles, introduction leaf preceding the plates, 20 hand-colored copper plate engravings, three leaves of explanatory text at rear; small repair to margin of title, a few stray spots, minor browning. Period half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine with repeat gilt device.
A fine copy of one of the rarest collections of American views — one of the earliest books of its kind published in America.
Country Seats principally depicts views near Philadelphia, but also shows estates in Virginia (most notably Mount Vernon), New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Louisiana.Birch and his sons, Thomas and George, collaborated on the work, combining line and stipple engraving with delicate coloring to rich effect. The conception of Country Seats was primarily a handsome series of views aimed at an audience such as those who might possess country estates themselves.
Initially issued in four parts for a limited number of subscribers, the work met with little commercial success. Birch nonetheless proceeded to put his work into book form. After the issue to subscribers was complete, he reissued the plates as one volume in 1809 in a trade edition (as the present copy).
Very few copies now exist.
REFERENCES:Howes B460; Sabin 5531
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