First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Jacket of volume one is chipped with a spot on front cover. Lower corner clipped off of the jacket of the first volume of the travel volume. Volumes 2-4 are in absolutely fine condition. Unusual to find this great reference set of the subject preserved in the original jackets.

Volume one (Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland) is a magnificent catalogue with 34 colored plates and 54 figures in the text. Full bibliographical descriptions given of color plate books published in England during this period. Many of the plates are in color. Volume two (Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860)and is comprised of books regarding architecture, drawing books, art collections, magazines, navy and army, and panaramas, among others. Volume three (Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, v. 1) is segragated into two volumes, with volume one being focused on travels through Europe and Africa. Volume four (Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, v. 2) focuses on Asia, Oceania, Antartica, and America.