Etchings of Tenby, including many ancient edifices which have been destroyed, and intended to illustrate the most striking peculiarities in early Flemish architecture. With a short account of that town, and of the principal buildings in its neighbourhood.

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Documents ancient buildings that had already disappeared or were threatened with disappearance. 1812, 1st ed, 38 pls, in modern, to style, half dark green, long grained, morocco, over green marbled boards, some blind tooling, Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [1], (ii-v), [1], [1], 2-84 pp, 38 pls (of 40, including the additional engraved titlepage & 1 folding), 1 additional tipped in pl of Catherine's Cave by Greig/Storer, lacks errata, some edge browning & spotting, text block edges uncut, plates dated 1812, text block watermarked 1811, some pagination errors (but complete), new endpapers. A 2nd edition was published in 1820. (Folio149*249 mm). (Avery AR429T25. Anderson p352). The National Library of Wales characterises the Etchings as a substantial piece of research and regards Norris as significant because he recorded buildings subsequently lost.