Author: NORRIS (Charles):
Title: Etchings of Tenby, Including Many Ancient Edifices which have been destroyed, and intended to illustrate the Most Striking Peculiarities in Early Flemish Architecture. With a short account of that town, and of the principal buildings in its neighbourhood.
Description: London: [Printed by B.R. Howlett, printer] Sold byJohn Booth..., 1812 FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo, 242 x 140 mms., pp. [v] vi - [vi blank], 84, including half-title, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates, including one folding plate and the title-page, bound in contemporary, probably original, green boards, paper label on front covers, calf spine; covers a bit soiled and worn, but the plates are in fine condition. The topographical artist and engraver Charles Norris (1779–1858) inherited enough wealth to live comfortably, marry, and have 13 children. His wife and eleven of his children predeceased him, and with his second wife he had three further children. The Oxford DNB records that "Norris taught himself to engrave, and in 1812 published Etchings of Tenby, which contained forty engravings both drawn and etched by himself. These accurate depictions of the medieval town remains were invaluable records of archaeological interest to scholars and historians." Many of Norris' original works are kept by Tenby Museum and Art Gallery.

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