Author: William Beattie
Title: Switzerland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work by W.H. Bartlett
Description: London, George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Leather. An illustrated study of the history and geography of Switzerland. First editions. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and six plates taken from views by W. H. Bartlett, including one folding map. William Henry Bartlett (March 26, 1809 September 13, 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings. Bartletts primary concern was to render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to The Nile Boat (London, 1849). Many views contain some ruin or element of the past including many scenes of churches, abbeys, cathedrals and castles, and Nathaniel Parker Willis described Bartlett's talent thus: "Bartlett could select his point of view so as to bring prominently into his sketch the castle or the cathedral, which history or antiquity had allowed". Complete in two volumes. In half-calf bindings. Externally rubbed, with wear to the extremities and discolouration to the boards. Slight loss to spine labels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright, with scattered foxing throughout. Good Only . Ill.: W H Bartlett. Good Only .
Keywords: Bartlett Travel Switzerland Swiss Travel W H Bartlett
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Title: Switzerland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work by W.H. Bartlett
Description: London, George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Leather. An illustrated study of the history and geography of Switzerland. First editions. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and six plates taken from views by W. H. Bartlett, including one folding map. William Henry Bartlett (March 26, 1809 September 13, 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous steel engravings. Bartletts primary concern was to render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to The Nile Boat (London, 1849). Many views contain some ruin or element of the past including many scenes of churches, abbeys, cathedrals and castles, and Nathaniel Parker Willis described Bartlett's talent thus: "Bartlett could select his point of view so as to bring prominently into his sketch the castle or the cathedral, which history or antiquity had allowed". Complete in two volumes. In half-calf bindings. Externally rubbed, with wear to the extremities and discolouration to the boards. Slight loss to spine labels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright, with scattered foxing throughout. Good Only . Ill.: W H Bartlett. Good Only .
Keywords: Bartlett Travel Switzerland Swiss Travel W H Bartlett
Price: GBP 550.00 = appr. US$ 785.39 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH9-A-2
- Book number: LTH9-A-2
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