EASTMAN, SETH. Treatise on Topographical Drawing. New York, 1837. First and only edition. With 12 plates.
Treatise on Topographical Drawing. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1837.8vo, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First and only edition. Complete with preface, contents, appendix, and 12 fold-out plates. Eastman, known for his Indian scenes and illustrations in Schoolcraft's "Historical and Statistical Information...of the Indian Tribes of the United States" attended West Point and taught drawing there from 1833 to 1840. This is his first book and became the first American textbook on topographical drawing to be used at West Point. Wear and fading to boards; spine chipped; ex-library copy with call number to spine and blind-stamp to title page; intermittent foxing.
Literature:
Charles Wood.
