William Henry BARTLETT

First edition illustrated with 108 plates including 2 engraved English titles and one large folding map.
Half red morocco binding with corners ca 1860. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Top edge gilt. Traces of rubbing. 3 corners slightly bumped. Handsome copy printed on laid paper with some occasional worming, notably on the 2 engraved titles.
One of Batlette's first works, whose success enabled him to devote himself to making several journeys and books, on Canada, the United States, Asia Minor, etc... The romantic treatment of the animated views brought him success, but also the precision of his surveys and drawings taken from life. One of the first important books on mountains, with texts that are both descriptive and poetic by Beattie.

Edition superbly illustrated with a portrait, 2 engraved titles and 118 plates and a map. The portrait of Robert Burns as frontispiece to the first volume is most often missing.
Publisher's binding in full red grained cloth. Smooth spine richly decorated with a large special panel titled Caledonia Illustrated with the Scottish lion at head and foot. Gilt edges. Headcaps sunken. 2 tears along the upper joint of volume I, one on the upper joint of volume II. Small dark stain on the upper board of volume I.
Magnificent illustration work by William Bartlett and Thomas Allom which leads the reader through romantic and picturesque Scotland.