Name: The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, 1851, Benson J. Lossing - 2 Volume Set
Price: 430 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Dimensions: 7.75ʺW × 6ʺD × 11ʺH

Styles: Illustration; Victorian

Period: Mid 19th Century

Country of Origin: United States

Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

Materials: Leather; Paper

Condition: Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections

Color: Black

Condition Notes: Fair, covers worn, some foxing and spotting, title page of Vol. II separating from binding, outer cases worn and chipped. Fair, covers worn, some foxing and spotting, title page of Vol. II separating from binding, outer cases worn and chipped. less

Description: (2) vols., by Benson J. Lossing. ...Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of … more (2) vols., by Benson J. Lossing. ...Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. Two volumes, the first including 523 in-text illustrations, plus color frontispiece; the second including 570 in-text illustrations, plus one plate. Lithographic and letterpress title pages in both volumes. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1851-1852, leather spines and corners, marbled sides, endpapers and page edges, in 2-piece leather book box,

Dimensions:
11"h x 7.75"w (outer box).

Condition:
Fair, covers worn, some foxing and spotting, title page of Vol. II separating from binding, outer cases worn and chipped.

Additional Information:
Lossing's work was a great success and was reprinted several times before the end of the decade, in different formats and with additional illustrations and notes. The author went on a journey to view all of the important locations of the Revolutionary War, learn their stories, and sketch them, many of which original sketches appear in this volume. According to his preface, he wished to follow a narrative of his travel more than of the war, and thus the chronology is "broken into fragments, arranged, in the exhibition, in accordance with the order in which each locality was visited." Lossing was known as a particularly apt historian with an uncommon care for accuracy and detail; he checked a variety of primary sources, interviewed veterans and locals, and carefully examined the discrepancies between his sources. "Contains many details and anecdotes which are not to be found in any other work; indeed, the great variety and numerous items of information contained in these volumes, make the work a cyclopaedia of the American Revolution." less

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