A Souvenir of Lake George
New York: A. Wittemann, 1888.
Hardcover. Fine. 5" x 7.25", oblong. String-tied red pictorial boards. 22 leaves, including half-title and title page, one page of descriptive text, and 19 pages of collotype views (printed rectos only), some with several images to a page. The text provides a brief history of Lake George and its role in the French and Indian War as well as a physical description of the lake and its many islands "which have rendered it sacred to the lover of out-door life and the picturesque." Views include Caldwell Depot and Steamboat Landing, Fort William Henry Hotel, Fort George Hotel, Trout Pavilion, Sheldon House, Katskill House, Hundred Island House, Paradise Bay, The Narrows, Hulett's Landing, and others. Not found in OCLC.
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