Richard Lovett — Irish Pictures

London, Religious Tract Society, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a travelogue focusing on the picturesque scenery across the Emerald Isle, with pencil and ink illustrations throughout. The first edition of Irish Pictures, a series of pen and pencil illustrations and reflections across different regions of Ireland, written and illustrated by English minister Richard Lovett. In the publisher"s decorative original red cloth, with a frontispiece, a colour folding map, and numerous in-text illustrations throughout, as well as eleven plates. Collated complete. Lovett was the editor of the Religious Tract Society, and wrote many works for them, including a similar exploration of Scottish scenery. It was published when the Society began moving away from evangelical texts, with a contemporary decline in their popularity. In the publisher"s decorative original red cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint mark to boards and fading to spine. Slight edgewear, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Brown decorative end papers are bright and clean with minor browning to edges. Minor signs of wear to rear end paper hinge. Internally, firmly bound. A closed tear to right edge of folding map. Pages are generally bright and clean with slight spotting to leaf extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Richard Lovett. Very Good .