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LIST OF PLATES AND ACCESS TO IMAGES

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Individual Plates and Images:

    0. Map of the River Thames (not yet available)
    1. Source of the Thames (Vignette from the title page) click
    2. Oxford click
    3. Park Place, Henley-on-Thames click
    4. Cullum Court, Henley-on-Thames click
    5. Maidenhead Bridge click
    6. Windsor Castle, from Eton click
    7. Eton College, from the River click
    8. Beaumont Lodge, Old Windsor click
    9. Staines Bridge click
    10. Hampton House click
    11. Pope's Villa, Twickenham click
    12. Twickenham click
    13. View from Richmond Hill click
    14. Richmond click
    15. St Margaret's, Twickenham click
    16. Sion House click
    17. Hammersmith Suspension Bridge click
    18. Westminster Bridge click
    19. Waterloo Bridge click
    20. Southwark Bridge click
    21. The Custom House click
    22. Greenwich Hospital click
    23. Gravesend click
    24. Tilbury Fort click
    25. Sheerness click
    26. The Crow Stone (Vignette) click
   

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"A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames from Oxford to its Mouth. Illustrated by Twenty-Four Highly Finished and Coloured Views, a Map and Vignettes..... From Original Drawings made on the spot, by William Westall, A.R.A. (and Samuel Owen), with illustrations, Historical and Descriptive." London: Published by R.Ackermann, 96 Strand...1828. Originally published in six parts, the first in May 1828. Each part contained four plates and text and cost 14 shillings. This series of prints is Series 157 as catalogued in London Illustrated 1604-1851 by Bernard Adams.

The plate above is of Staines Bridge. See below for a complete list and access to images of all of the plates.

SOURCE OF IMAGES AND COPYRIGHT

The images in this Motco Enterprises Limited database are photographed from an original bound volume in the Motco collection. Some of the plates are disfigured by vertical bars, which is the result of "off-setting" or transfer from the text type on the facing page in the book.

The larger (digital) images in the database are marked as Copyright Motco 1999. They may only be copied for personal use. If you require access to the images for commercial use, in hard copy or digital form, please contact Motco.

AVAILABILITY AND PRICES

On 1 January 2000, www.abebooks.com and www.bibliofind.com reported three copies at US$ 6,500-9,200 from Bernard Shapero and Heritage Book Shop Inc. www.alibris.com report the same three, but without attribution of the seller.

Bernard J Shapero, UK, US$ 9,200: 1828 First edition. 4to. Illustrated with hand-coloured aquatint title vignette, 1 further hand-coloured vignette, 24 full-page hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 folding map, lacks list of plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary half crushed red morocco gilt, upper joint expertly repaired, a very attractive copy. (Adams) Abbey Scenery 435; Tooley 503; Adams London Illustrated 157; Hardie p110. Book # 36097.

Heritage Book Shop Inc. USA, US$ 6,500: 1828. First edition, early issue, with the discoloration in the sky on the "Twickenham" plate. Quarto. vi, 172 pp. Plates watermarked 1826 (earlier than Abbey's copy), text watermarked 1828. Modern three-quarter red morocco, ruled in gilt, over red cloth boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. In a red cloth slipcase. Prideaux, pp. 268-9. Abbey, Scenery, 435. Tooley 503. HBS 31899. Book # 31899.

Bernard Shapero, UK, US$ 8,000: 1828. First edition, 4to., a little offsetting to a few plates, that to the Southwark Bridge plate more severe, occasional spotting, handsomely rebound in half red morocco gilt, original cloth covers bound in. Adams, London Illustrated 157. Book # 16441.

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