A PROSPECT OF BRITAIN. The Town Panoramas of Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. [Commentaries by Ralph Hyde].

Oblong folio. 11.5 x 14.5 inches. 224 pp. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated by portrait 84 double pages of panoramic plates and by 32 text figures, including map. The brothers, Samuel (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck toured England and Wales from 1728 to 1753 in order to produce topographical engravings and prints. These formed two series, The Antiquities of castles and abbeys, etc. and the panoramas of Cities, Sea-ports and Capital Towns. This is a large format facsimile collection of the town and city panoramas, edited by Ralph Hyde (1939-2015), who was curator of graphic arts at the Guildhall Library and an historian of panoramas. He has written the introduction on the history and nature of the project and a description of the plates. THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE NORMAL RATE QUOTED BY ABE. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTATION FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING. TOPOGRAPHY PANORAMAS TOPOGRAPHY TOWNS 18TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FACSIMILES TOPOGRAPHY. …