William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus: The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett

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William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett

Virtue & Co., London and New York, c. 1844

Publisher’s gilt embossed cloth with original elaborate gilt designs on rebacked spine, edges gilt. , Occasional light browning, otherwise a very good example, text and plates are clean. , 4to, P. frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, preface iii-iv, plate listing v-vi, contents vii-viii, 1-236., Complete with 80 plates, including the engraved title, the map, and 78 steel-engraved plates, as well as a title page with the printer's device and a profusion of woodcuts, all detailing the scenery around the Danube River.

W.H. Bartlett was one of the most prolific and popular European traveler-artists of the 19th century. The engravings show views of the Danube, starting from Ulm and going on to Passau, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, and finally ending at Sulina at the mouth of the Danube.

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William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett

Virtue & Co., London, c. 1844.

Contemporary gilt morocco with intricate floral motifs within a double-lined gilt border, spine with six densely gilt compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt floral motifs, gilt title on two, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. , Occasional faint foxing to some plates, otherwise a fine example of this book in decoratively-gilt full morocco, text and plates are generally clean and crisp., 4to., P. (4), engraved title, blank, title, printer’s device, preface iii-iv, plate listing v-vi, contents vii-viii, 1-236, (4)., Complete with 80 plates, including the engraved title plate, engraved map, and 78 steel plates. Title page has woodcut device, and there are innumerable woodcuts throughout, all detailing the scenery around the Danube River.

W.H. Bartlett was one of the most prolific and popular European traveler-artists of the 19th century. The engravings show views of the Danube, starting from Ulm and going on to Passau, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, and finally ending at Sulina at the mouth of the Danube.

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William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books.

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