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1853456004London ; New York : George Virtue 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in decoratively gilt- and blind-tooled red leather with black leather labels to spine and all edges gilt. Boards are well-preserved lightly rubbed to the leather edges with some dust-staining to rear board. Spine worn at the joints with a tear to the lower front no loss. Marbled endpapers. Some light marginal dust-dulling and foxing internally. A remarkably tight volume with plates retaining their tissue guards. Remains strong and well-preserved overall. Physical description; viii 324 viii 64 pages : illustrations 36 plates ; 33 cm. Notes; At head of title page: New Series. Volume V. The title page is engraved. Triple column text. Includes the Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin. Subjects; Art Victorian - Great Britain - Periodicals Decorative arts - Great Britain - 19th century - Exhibitions Exhibitions - Ireland - Dublin - 1853. London ; New York : George Virtue hardcover
1831285906London : printed by C. Baynes Duke Street Lincoln's-Inn-Fields ; published by George Virtue 1831. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of Robert Deyell with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 94 pages. Subjects; Cities and towns England. Architecture England Cities and towns England. Architecture England. Description and travel 19th century. Essex England Description and travel 18th century. Genre; Illustrated. London : printed by C. Baynes, Duke Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields ; published by George Virtue paperback
186416254London: James S. Virtue. Very Good. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards. Leather spine with gilt decorated raised bands. Leather protected front corners. Marbled page edges. Illustrated with 36 engravings. Text's interior is tight clean & intact. Free of foxing. Prior owners book-plate. Lightly rubbed bottom edge of covers. Art; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 376 pages . James S. Virtue hardcover
1840025470London: Virtue 1840. Quarto. Volume I: Portrait frontispiece hand-colored vignette title page and regular title page ix 140 pages 66 leaves of plates one map. Volume II: hand-colored vignette title page and regular title page iv. 106 pages 52 leaves of plates. The map plate in volume I was done by W. Hughes. All 119 plates are present. In 1836 William Henry Bartlett was sent to America to begin making engravings of the major sites in the United States. Virtue had also commissioned Nathaniel Willis to make letterpress descriptions of each image. Thomas Dougherty drew two of the originals while the rest were done with remarkable precision by Bartlett. While Willis is first on the title page it is Bartlett's fine work that has made this the finest 19th century work on America from the artists' perspective. the plates view the Eastern U.S. before the full force of the Industrial Revolution changed the face of the eastern landscape forever. Bound in a very fine rich red 3/4 red morocco spines with bands and decorative panels with a matching slipcase. Abbey Travel in aquatint and lithography 651; Blanck BAL 22755; Sabin 3784. Virtue unknown books
