From its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore; With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity.
Picturesque Views on the River Thames From its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore; With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity.
Egerton, 1792.
First edition. Two volumes. Rebound in half green calf over marbled boards, raised bands to the spines, lettered in gilt with four gilt vignettes. Top edge black. Fifty-two sepia aquatint plates, each protected by the original tissue guard, two engraved aquatint title pages and two engraved maps. A very good set, some small marks and scratches to the spine and boards, occasional foxing to the pages, some plates causing offsetting to opposite pages.
A fine set of Thames views and aquatints. Volume One features views and description of the upper part of the Thames, from Gloucestershire to Henley. Volume Two covering the lower part of the river through London. Views include Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, Henley Bridge, Goring, Abingdon and Richmond.
Samuel Ireland,1744-1800, was an author, collector and etcher whose series of volumes of picturesque views have always been highly regarded. Ireland began life as a weaver in Spitalfields, then turned engraver and print dealer, and became fanatical collector. His collection was sold at Christie's anonymously on 6 May 1797. His son William Henry Ireland perpetrated the famous Shakespeare forgery.
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