GEORGE Ernest — Etchings in Belgium, with descriptive letterpress.

London, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1878, in-folio, 37 x 27 cm, (8) + XXX etchings each with a leaf of explanation,1st edition. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt. Very nice copy in a shining publisher's binding with minimal traces of use at the extremities, interior spotless. The full page etchings show views of Bruges (5), Ghent (6), Tournai (2), Huy (4), Dinant (1), Liège (1), Oudenarde (2), Ypres (1), Louvain (1). Rare to find a copy of this beautifully produced book in a very nice state of preservation. Many copies show a deteriorated binding due to the fragile 'gutta-percha' binding method used. With the armorial bookplate of William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow., inscribed to Lady Onslow.