Lot 367: BEYER, Edward (1820-1865). Album of Virginia. [Richmond:] W. Loeillot in B

BEYER, Edward (1820-1865). Album of Virginia. [Richmond:] W. Loeillot in Berlin and Rau & Son in Dresden for Beyer, [1857-] 1858. A splendid album of lithographic views of early Virginia, produced by a German artist resident there from about 1854-56. Howes cites an 1856 issue, which must be a ghost as no copy is otherwise recorded. A smaller-format edition of descriptive text was published in Richmond in 1857. The title-page vignettes include Monticello and Mount Vernon and there are scenes of the Natural Bridge in Rockbridge Country, Harper’s Ferry, Kanawha Fall, Old Point Comfort, James River Canal, spelunking scenes in Weyer’s Cave, and resorts and natural springs such as Stribling Springs, White Sulphur Spring and Hot Springs. Howes B-413; Sabin 5125 (1857). Oblong folio (422 x 620 mm). Lithographic title and 40 lithographic views printed in color after Beyer (overall spotting). Contemporary black half morocco, upper cover gold- and blind-stamped, lower cover blind-stamped (upper hinge reinforced, stain on upper cover, rubbed); cloth folding case.