Captain Henry James Warre. Publication Date: Contact seller. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Within U. Quantity: 1 available.
Condition: Fine. It is a first edition both printed in color in finished by hand at the time with touches of gum Arabic. The work is considered "the most important one published on the subject of the Pacific Northwest. It is bound in contemporary red half Morocco gilt, rebacked preserving the original spine. It includes the rare dedication leaf to Hudson's Bay Company as well which was not included in all copies. Warre travelled the Oregon territory in on behalf of the British Government. They sought to settle a territorial dispute with the Americans for which war seemed imminent.
Upon his return, the matter was already resolved. Warre depicted the scenery, situations, and incidents for this work, a remarkable record of the American west before it was touched by western civilization. The resulting lithographs "remain the only western color plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer. He served as Aide-de-Camp to his uncle, Sir R. Jackson, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. There may be a few minor imperfections or fox marks to be expected with age.
Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. We located just one copy at auction - sold between October and July !!! The only plate that appears in the Armand Hammer Daumier collection is the second plate of La Peche p.
Histoire Ancienne. Paris: Chez Aubert, []. Fifty superb lithograph plates. Some intermittent, mainly marginal foxing. Together fine lithograph plates containing two of Daumier's rarest suites, both complete. Contemporary quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, marbled end-papers.
