SWITZERLAND. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett by Beattie, William - 1836

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Switzerland. Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett. [With a map.] VOL. II.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Switzerland. Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett. [With a map.] VOL. I.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

George Virtue, 1836-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. Profusely illustrated with numerous engraved plates. Quarto. Contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards, gilt, marbled endpapers and endpages. Rubbing wear, slight fading to spine. Text block clean and crisp. Plates are foxed, affecting engraving on several plates. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 10.5" by 8". W H Bartlett. 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… Read More

London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Engraved titles in each volume (a little foxed), 106 steel-engraved plates (very clean) after Bartlett, fold. lithographic map of Switzerland at back of Vol. II. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in full contemporary purple morocco, a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Engraved titles in each volume (a little foxed), 106 steel-engraved plates (very clean) after Bartlett, fold. lithographic map of Switzerland at back of Vol. II. 2 vols. 4to. Ray, England, 65; "The heyday of engraving on steel was the second quarter of the nineteenth century. . . . The indefatigable Bartlett was the chief producer of volumes of steel-engraved views. For many years he ranged through two continents making or collecting drawings. . . . Collectors not seeking representations of familiar scenes will probably find the grandeur of his Swiss subjects most appealing" (Ray, Illustrator & the Book in England, pp. 40-42)