SWEETSER, Moses Forster

Views in the White Mountains

Portland: Chisholm Brothers, 1879. Folio (14 X 10 3/4 inches). 10 heliotype plates, each with accompanying letterpress description. Original russet cloth, decorated in black and gilt. Front hinge cracked, minor rubbing; some age-darkening to sheets. Item #403770

A fine series of views by an unidentified photographer. With good railroad interest, including a view and description of the Frankenstein Trestle, the Willey-Brook Bridge, and a stunning view of the tracks leading to Lizzie Bourne's Monument on Mount Washington. Copies are known to have been issued with varying numbers of plates, from ten to twenty-two.

Price: $250.00