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The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by views taken on the spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with descriptions by William Beattie.
London, George Virtue, 1842.
2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary green morocco, spine gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Queen Victoria, woodcut of Blackwall, 2 engraved title-pages with vignettes and 122 (of 123) steelengravings, with the tissue guards. (4),190; (4),155 pp. The first edition was issued in 1838 Finden's ports, harbours and watering places of Great Britain.
This is the revised, much enlarged edition. - The plates present the harbours and shores of England, Scotland and Wales in the most dramatic, picturesque, or romantic light possible. Depictions of port cities range from stormy scenes of wreckage to calm sunny days. The romantic views by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) are among the best produced in the 19th century. The plate of the lighthouse of Berwick in volume one is shown as title-vignette in volume two. William Beattie (1793-1875) wrote the descriptions. - A fine clean copy of a staggering work with the 'Views taken on the spot'.
2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary green morocco, spine gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Queen Victoria, woodcut of Blackwall, 2 engraved title-pages with vignettes and 122 (of 123) steelengravings, with the tissue guards. (4),190; (4),155 pp. The first edition was issued in 1838 Finden's ports, harbours and watering places of Great Britain.
This is the revised, much enlarged edition. - The plates present the harbours and shores of England, Scotland and Wales in the most dramatic, picturesque, or romantic light possible. Depictions of port cities range from stormy scenes of wreckage to calm sunny days. The romantic views by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) are among the best produced in the 19th century. The plate of the lighthouse of Berwick in volume one is shown as title-vignette in volume two. William Beattie (1793-1875) wrote the descriptions. - A fine clean copy of a staggering work with the 'Views taken on the spot'.