2 Volumes. Austen Henry Layard, Nineveh and its Remains.

2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. Bound in the publisher's pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displa...

2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with green and black morocco...

2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...

2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America. Bound in 3/4 green calf with marbled boards. Ornate gilt-tooling on raised band spines. Marbled endpapers. Top edge g...

This is Gilpin's third in his series of works tracing picturesque beauty in British natural landscapes. In it he portrays the landscapes of Scottish Highlands, and describes them lyrically in his text. Prefacing the list of Prints at the end of the second volume, the author says "With regards to the prints, which adorn these volumes, I can only say..... that few of them pretend to be 'exact portraits.' They in general 'only characterize the countries,' through which the reader is carried." The illustrations, based on Gilpin's sketches, were etched by his nephew William Sawrey Gilpin using the newly invented aquatint process. This volume also includes a technical discourse about drawing and the mixing of colors, including a chart (vol. 1, p. 131-134) William Gilpin (1724 – 1804) was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray...

This is 2 antique volumes of Morant's History of Essex. An English, county reference book, dating to the Regency period, dated 1816. Full title: The History and Antiquities of the C...

Pair of old books dating from the 19th century. These two volumes are National Biographies. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect ...

This is a pair of antique books, Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions & Castles etc, printed in English, dated 1829. Full Title; Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions, Castles ETC. of No...