Heath's Picturesque Annual: Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France

Leitch Ritchie

Verlag: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1834

Beschreibung

A first edition of the third volume of Heath's Picturesque Journal, set on the coast of France and profusely illustrated by Clarkson Stanfield. Written by Leitch Ritchie (1800-1865), a Scottish writer and travel writer who published a number of articles in periodicals, edited The Era and Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affairs. He also penned worked such as 'The British World in the East', 'A View of the Opium Trade', 'Liber Fluviorum, or River Scenery of France'. The travel journal 'Heath's Picturesque Annual' was commissioned by the publisher and engraver Charles Heath, and subsequently ran between 1832 and 1845.Profusely illustrated with steel engravings by celebrated English painter Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867) throughout. With an illustrated full plate frontispiece and half title page.With a gilt spine and emblem to the front cover. In a full straight grain morocco binding. Externally generally smart, a little worn to the extremities and joints are cracked. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar the odd instance of age-toning. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 755R53

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Heath's Picturesque Annual: Travelling ...

Verlag: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1834

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Clarkson Stanfield

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book