London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, 1815. Complete with the Portraits of the Founders ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, 1815. First edition, complete with the engraved... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1814. One of Twenty-Five Large Paper Copies ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University of Oxford. Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. In Two Volumes. London: R. Ackermann, 1814. First edition, earliest state of plates, large paper copy. List of Plates (without the 'Founders'); One of twenty-five (of fifty)... More
Brighton: Published by the Artist, [1827]. Bruce Brightens Brighton This Best Copy Beats Abbey's BRUCE, J. Select Views of Brighton. Taken on the Spot and Executed by Mr. Bruce. Brighton: Published by the Artist,n.d. [1827]. First edition, early issue, watermarked 1827 with plan dated 1827. Oblong quarto (9 1/2 x 14 in;... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley. Published by R. Bowyer, 1810. Twenty-Four Fine Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates of Palestine and the Middle East CLARKE, J. [AINSLIE, Sir Robert]. [MAYER, Luigi]. A Series of Twenty-Four Views Illustrative of The Holy Scriptures. Selected from Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Drawings in Palestine, Egypt, Syria... More
London: Printed for Thomas Clay, 1820. The Most Desirable Edition With Extra Plates Earliest Watermarks COMPTON, Thomas. The Northern Cambrian Mountains; or a Tour Through North Wales: Describing the Scenery and General Characters of that Romantic Country. Embellished with A Series of Highly Finished Coloured Views, Engraved from Original Drawings, by Messrs. Turner;... More
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1822. Scarce, Unrecorded 'Proof' Large Paper Copy With All the Aquatints in Proof State Magnificently Bound By Bayntun-Rivière FIELDING, T[heodore]. Henry]. Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire Illustrated in a Series of Forty-Four Engravings, Exhibiting the Scenery of the Lakes, Antiquities, and Other Picturesque Objects. London: Printed for Thomas... More
London: Printed for J. Hassell…, 1817. Large-Paper Copy With 120 "Charmingly Composed " Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature: with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country... More
London: Printed for J. Hassell…, 1819. Rare Large-Paper Copy In Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which... More
London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793. Scarce With Hand-Colored Aquatints IRELAND, Samuel. Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of its Source in Sussex: With observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood. London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793. First edition... More
London: Printed for Robert Bowyer… by T. Bensley, 1805. Eighteen Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Views Of England and Wales LOUTHERBOURG, P.J. de. The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, From drawings made expressly for this undertaking by P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq., R.A. With historical and descriptive accounts of the... More
London: Edward Lacey, 1835. Three Hundred and Twenty Hand Colored Views of Great Britain MACKENZIE, Charles. BONNER, George Wilmot, illustrator. Three Hundred and Twenty Picturesque Views in Great Britain, Land and Water Scenery ---Castles----Towns---Villages---Seats---Ruins---Vilas---Churches---Bridges---Public Buildings---and all Objects of Note and Interest, The Whole Drawn & Engraved by G.W. Bonner. With Descriptive... More
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1816. Seventy-Six Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates In a Fine Regency Binding PAPWORTH, John P. Select Views of London; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings. Compiled and Arranged by John B. Papworth, Architect. London: Printed for R.... More
London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. " We all love great men ; love, venerate, and bow down submissive before great men: Nay, can we honestly bow down to anything else?'' [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. [SHELLEY, Henry C.] The Homes and Haunts of Thomas Carlyle. London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x.... More
London: Printed for the Author… and William Faden…, 1792. "Real Views, Accurately taken on the spot by the Author" Sixty-Five Aquatint Plates with Early Twentieth Century Hand Coloring ROBERTSON, Archibald. A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol. With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates That are Greatly Superior to those in the Regular Copies SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of the Greatest Nineteenth-Century English Color Plate Books Illustrating the Scenery Along the River Seine Part One Only (of Six) With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly... More
London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed... More
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