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 / by Samuel Ireland.

Accession number

PML 50923

Creator

Ireland, Samuel, d. 1800.

Published

London : Published by T. and J. Egerton, 1792.

Credit line

Henry S. Morgan,

Description

2 v. (xvi, 209, viii, 258 p., [29, 27] leaves of plates) : ill. (aquatint), maps ; 24 cm

Notes

Added aquatint title-pages signed: C. Spostool f.S.I. invt. London, June, 1, 1791.
All plates with signatures, date, or imprint.
Plates printed in sepia ink; bound with protective tissue guard sheets.
Spine title: Ireland's River Thames.

Binding

Brown russia, gilt, with fore-edge paintings: Windsor Castle from the Thames; The Thames at Hampton Court; housed in two clamshell boxes.

Provenance

With the bookplate of Alfred Harmsworth (Viscount Northcliffe) in each volume.

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Century

18th century

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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 / by Samuel Ireland.