N.P. Willis, W.H. Bartlett. - Canadian Scenery - 1840

Canadian Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Esq: Illustrated in a series of Views
by W.H. Bartlett. S. Virtue.
London

William Henry Bartlett was a British artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings.
In 1835, Bartlett first visited the United States in order to draw the buildings, towns and scenery of the northeastern states.
He made four voyages to the United States and Canada between the years 1836 and 1852, the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery in 1840 and Canadian Scenery in 1842, with text by N.P. Willis Harper.
In autumn of 1836, in company with Willis, he visited Niagara Falls and presumably was briefly in Canada.
Journeyed from Halifax to Niagara in 1938.

Original blue publisher's decorative cloth boards with a central gilt medallion of a native hunting in the woods on the front boards. Flat spines with titles in gilt, all edges gilt.
Vols 1 and 2 contain one map, 119 plates, including two engraved titles.
(NB. 2 plates are missing - Vol 1 - plate page 102 (Village of Lorette) and Vol 2 - plate page 6 (Bridge at Bitow, Upper Canada).
Books in very good condition, but most pages have foxing—some pages with heavy foxing.
Weigh both books at about 2.5 kg.