The Grand panorama of London from the Thames / engraved by Henry Vizetelly
1844, 1st edition. London : Charles Evans. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #393388
Physical description; 1 view ; 14 x 376 cm., folded in cover 18 x 14 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. "This remarkable engraving, twelve feet in length, may be taken as a specimen of the gifts presented without charge to the subscribers to the Pictorial Times, family illustrated newspaper, as a print it is unequalled in the history of wood engraving, and is alike valuable as a work of art and as an historical record of the appearance of the great metropolis, seen from the Thames in 1844." Subjects; London (England) ; Pictorial works. Thames River (England).
Price: €995.00