Author: William Beattie
Title: The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain
Description: London, George Virtue, 1842 . Leather. A richly illustrated two volume edition of Beattie and Bartlett's study of the coastline of England, illustrated throughout. First published in the late 1830's by William Finden, this 1842 edition is continued by W.H. Bartlett and William Beattie.This work contains numerous views of the English coast, primarily focusing fishing villages, ships and shipwrecks, docks and lighthouses.With descriptive passaged by William Beattie, this work is illustrated throughout by British artist and steel engraver William Henry Bartlett.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page to volume I, and with a further sixty-four engraved plates; with an engraved title page and frontispiece to volume II, and with a further fifty-eight plates. Collated, complete.A wonderful study of the English coast. In half morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to back strip heads and tails, with fading to perimeters of boards. Mark to rear board of volume I, with cloth of front board of volume I lifting. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting and instances of foxing throughout, with handling marks to text leaves, and further marks to page perimeters. Good . Ill.: W. H. Bartlett. Good .

Keywords: Finden's views of the ports, harbours, coast scenery, and watering-places of Great Britain william henry bartlett beattie william henry bartlett W. H. Bartlett


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