Picturesque Europe : the British Isles / with illustrations on steel and wood by the most eminent artists.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
15/980
Imprint
London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1876?]
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm.
General Note
Title-pages in red and black.
With added illustrated title-pages.
Originally published in 60 parts from 1875 to 1879. Subsequently published in five volumes, the first two volumes on the British Isles, the latter three on the rest of Europe. Wanting volumes 3-5.
Neither volume carries a publication date. Date taken for the entry for the book in the British Library.
Vol 1. ix, 288 pages. Vol. 2. vii, 288 pages. Four pages of publishers advertisements at the back of each volume.
Contents
Vol. 1. Windsor / T.G. Bonney -- Eton / Oscar Browning -- North Wales / T.G. Bonney -- Warwick and Stratford / T.G. Bonney -- The south coast (from Margate to Portsmouth) . H.H.S. Pearse -- The Dales of Derbyshire / T.G. Bonney -- The forest scenery of Great Britain / W. Senior -- Edinburgh and the South Lowlands / James Grant -- Ireland / John Francis Waller -- Scenery of the Thames / W. Senior -- The South Coast (from Portsmouth to the Lizard) / T.G. Bonney -- English abbeys and churches / T.G. Bonney -- The Land's End / T.G. Bonney.
Vol. 2. Old English homes / H. Schütz Wilson -- The west coast of Ireland / John Francis Waller -- Border Castles and counties / James Grant -- Cathedral cities / T.G. Bonney -- The Grampians / James Grant -- Oxford / Richard John King -- The west coast of Wales / H. Schütz Wilson -- Cambridge / T.G. Bonney -- Scotland (from Loch Ness to Loch Eil) / James Grant -- The south coast of Devonshire / Richard John King -- The lake country / T.G. Bonney -- South Wales / H. Schütz Wilson -- North Devon / Richard John King -- The Isle of Wight / H.H.S. Pearse
Summary Note
The source artists are: Birket Foster, Harry Fenn, J. Mogford, D. McKewan, W. Leitch, S. Read, E.M. Wimperis, J.B. Smith, S. Cook, P. Skelton, and J. Chase.
The steel-engravers are: S. Bradhsaw, G. Greatbach, R. Hinshelwood, A. Willmore, J. Godfrey, T. Heawood, C.G. Lewis, J. Outhwaite, and J. Saddler.
The wood-engravers are: W.H.J. Boot, Harry Fenn, T.L. Rowbotham, P. Skelton, R.P. Leitch, E. Senior, W.W. May, E. Wagner, Towneley Green, J.North, T.D. Scott, W.L. Jones, C.J. Staniland, C. Emery, C. Johnson.
Binding Note
Original green title-blocked decorated cloth over bevelled boards. Titled in gilt on the spines: "Picturesque Europe. The British Isles. Cassell Petter & Galpin."