The Picturesque Tourist: being a guide through the State of New York and Upper and Lower Canada, including a Hudson River Guide....
New York: Published by J. Disturnell, 1858. Hardcover. Very good. Item #21778
12mo. 298,[26]pp. with fifteen plates, maps and full-page illustrations, including the large folding map. Publisher's embossed cloth, blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Yellow endpapers. Spine tips worn and light wear to the edges and corners but a very good copy. Bookplate of Grover W. Wende on the front pastedown.
Covers travel in upstate and western New York, as well as Canada, by steamboat and rail. The maps depict the Hudson River from New York to Troy, and the areas around Lakes Champlain and Ontario. The illustrations at rhe end are advertisements for hotels, rail and steam lines.
Sabin 62693.
Price: $300.00