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Ireland (Samuel). A complete set of the Picturesque Views series, 6 works bound in 8 volumes, 1793-1802, comprising: Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex: with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood, 1st edition, London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793, half-title, additional hand-coloured aquatint title, 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including frontispiece, single-page map, woodcut illustrations, Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from its source at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity, 1st edition, London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton, 1795, half-title,32 hand-coloured aquatint and etched plates, including frontispiece, single-page map, woodcut illustrations, A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France; made in the Autumn of 1789, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Egerton and others, 1796, half-title to volume I, additional engraved titles with hand-coloured vignettes, 48 hand-coloured aquatint and etched plates, woodcut illustrations, Picturesque Views on the River Wye, from its sources at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow: with observations on the oublic buildings, and other works of art in its vicinity, 1st edition, London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton, 1797, half-title,31 hand-coloured and etched plates, single-page map, woodcut illustrations, plate 27 'Interior of Tintern Abbey' close-trimmed to upper margin, errata slip tipped-in at end, Picturesque Views, with an historical account of the Inns of Court, in London and Westminster, 1st edition, London: C. Clarke for R. Faulder amd J. Egerton, 1800, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, woodcut illustrations, bound without half-title, Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its source in Gloucestershire to the Nore; with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity, 2 volumes 2nd edition, London: C. Clarke for T. Egerton, 1801-02, half-titles, additional hand-coloured aquatint titles, 52 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 maps, woodcut illustrations, occasional light offsetting, bookplates of George Seton Veitch, all edges gilt, finely bound in later crimson straight-grained morocco by Bayntun, Bath, additional stamps of bookseller Charles E. Lauriat, Boston, covers with geometric design in gilt, spines lettered with repeat geometric design in gilt to compartments, 8vo (Quantity: 8) Provenance: George Seton Veitch (1835-1909); book collector; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Abbey Scenery 428; 427; Abbey Travel 185; Abbey Scenery 544; 207; 430 (for the 1792 first edition) respectively.