Beschreibung:

English School. Views in Britain and Europe, 1855-76, an album of 198 watercolours on thick paper, laid onto fifty leaves, initialled T.T or L.W.T, mostly dated and titled, depicting various scenes, mainly landscapes from Scotland, England, Germany, Netherlands, and Isle of Man, including: Loch Duich, Port Erin, Altenahr, Wimbledon, Saltburn, Ilfracombe, Aldermarston, Bamborough, Holkenhorn, Hamburg, Kurgarten, Landskrone, Ahrweiler, Portue, Scarthing Well, Lübeik, etc., various sizes, largest 35 x 51 cm (13 3/4 x 20 ins), original half morocco with marbled boards, worn and rubbed, fabric ties to lower edge (lacking to upper edge), large folio, 67 x 51 cm, together with a pair of lined sketch books with pencil notes and drawings of theatrical costume designs, some with watercolour, heightened with gold and silver, costume designs including: Tudor, Venetian, 15th century French, German and Flemish, W. Straker Ltd book label to both front pastedowns, original boards with cloth spine, rubbed with some loss, inner hinge cracked, 8vo (Quantity: 3)