Picturesque Scenery in North Wales from Original Drawings by Eminent Artists

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Three folders in their original printed soft paper wrappers 13 lithograph plates, 3 titles with vignettes. 3 soft cover brown paper folders, each with a similar publishers printed General title and vignette; 1st folder, title page leaf - The Picturesque Scenery of Vale of Festiniog, followed by 4 leaves of plates. 2nd folder, title page leaf The Picturesque Scenery of Beddgelert, followed by 4 leaves of plates. 3rd folder, lacking title leaf, 5 leaves of plates. All housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box, book label to each fpd (Peter Bicknell), gilt titles to dark green morocco on upper board, some light edge water staining not affecting images, 1st folder lower covers torn, some loss. Uncommon in any form! (375*263 mm). (not listing at WorldCat, COPAC or NLW). Contents: 1st Folder - Vale of Festiniog The Vale of Festiniog, drawn from Nature by H Hughes, On Stone by G Childs, M&N Hanhart Lith Printers Vale of Festiniog. (From Festiniog), drawn from Nature by H Hughes, On Stone by G Childs, M&N Hanhart Lith Printers Rhaiadr Du. Near Maentwrog, drawn from Nature by H Hughes, On Stone by H Hughes, M&N Hanhart Lith Printers Harlech Castle. Merioneth, North Wales, Printed & Published by Thos Catherall, Chester 2nd Folder - Beddgelert. Beddgelert, drawn from Nature by H Hughes, On Stone by G Childs, Published by W Pritchard, Bookseller, Carnarvon Beddgelert. Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Printed and Published by W Pritchard, Carnarvon Beddgelert Bridge, Drawn and Lithod by W Crane Chester Published by W Pritchard Carnarvon Pont Aberglaslyn Carnarvonshire, On Stone from a Drawing by G Pickering, CF Cheffins. Litho. London Published by Thomas Catherall. Chester 3rd Folder - lacking title The Inn at Capel Curig, from Moel Siabod. On Stone by L Haghe, Dav & Haghe Lithrs, Pubd by J Seacome, Chester Rhaiadry Wenol, Near Capel Curig. Drawn from Nature by H Hughes, On Stone by H Hughes, Published by W Pritchard, Bookseller Carnarvon. Printed by S Parmenter, 304 Strand Pont Y Pair - Bettws y Coed. TC Dibdin, delt 7 lith. M&N Hanhart, lith Printers, Published by J Ambrose, Bangor Vale Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen. On Stone by L Haghe, Day & Haghe, Lithrs tot he King. Published by J Seacome, Chester. Aberdovey, (Merionethire - North Wales) Printed & Published by Wm Potter & Co Carnarvon. Works like this helped to shape how people (in Britain and abroad) visualised North Wales - what counted as the classic" or "romantic" Welsh landscape: dramatic mountains