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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This captivating journal follows the travels of the Prince of Wales during his historic visit to British North America and the United States in 1860. The author, who traveled with the Prince, provides detailed accounts of their experiences and observations, from the grandeur of Niagara Falls to the politics of Washington DC. This is a unique and engaging perspective on a pivotal moment in American and British history.

Zustand: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 15cm), [v], 110pp. 8 tinted plates (one of which is double-page), 2 folding maps, text engravings. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board. The binding is a little rubbed and chafed, and there is some foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in good condition. Inscribed on the half-title page "Charles Barker from the author, 1861".

Hardcover. 8vo. 23cm, [1],110,[1]p. frontis and 21 text illustrations from engravings, 2 folding partly coloured maps, 8 colour lithographs, (one being a folding panoramic view of Montreal), complete with half-title, in the original pebbled blind decorated blue cloth, gilt titles on the upper cover, fine clean copy, rare. (cgc) T.P.L. 3979. Lande 209. Morgan p116. Sabin 22600. An attractive book, privately printed and quite scarce. The coloured plates, lithographed by Day & Son after sketches by Engleheart, include - Point Pleasant, Halifax Harbour - Perce Rock - St. Marguerite (First Landing of H.R.H. in Canada) - Cape Diamond (From Spencer Wood) - Montreal from the Prince's Balcony, (folding) - Kingston - Niagara Falls, (From Goat Island) - Brock's Monument. The author, Sir John Gardner Dillman Engleheart, was Private Secretary to the fifth Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Prince of Wales was the first member on the Royal Family to visit America. While here he placed the corner stone of the Parliament buildings, opened Victoria Bridge in Montreal and watched while Charles Blondin crossed the falls on a highwire.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. 8vo., (8 6/8 x 5 4/8 inches). The "Journal" with two folding maps of the "Route of the Prince of Wales through British North America and the United States" 1860 and "General View of the North Atlantic." both with original hand-colour in outline and in full respectively, engraved frontispiece and 24 engraved vignettes in two states, one in the text and one on papier de chine laid down on heavier stock, 8 tinted lithographed plates, including one folding (some spotting to early leaves). Uniformly bound in cerise morocco, gilt extra, all edges gilt. Provenance: from the library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 340 First edition, the fine colour plates include Niagara Falls, Kingston, and a panorama of Montreal. The future Edward VII was the first member of the British Royal Family to visit North America. He was feted wherever he went with celebrations, dinners, dances and even parades. He was the guest of President Buchanan at the White House; he opened the Victoria Bridge in Montreal; laid the cornerstone of Parliament Hill in Ottawa; and watched while Charles Blondin traversed Niagara Falls by highwire. The visit represented a brief period of warm diplomatic relations between Britain and the United States, which quickly ended with the onset of the Civil War. Engleheart accompanied the Prince of Wales as the secretary to the Duke of Newcastle. Sabin 22600.