Descrição
«Illustrated from paintings by James Holland». «Preface: The last Series of the Landscape Annual having been devoted to Spain, the transition to Portugal is too natural to require a remark, in the way of explanation, on the subject selected for the present volume. That this selection will be justified by the approval of the Public is confidently anticipated; since Portugal, independently of our long political and commercial connexion with that country, must ever be an object of interest to Englishmen, as having been the field in which our warriors have gathered unfading laurels, in the happily combined characters of conquerors and liberators» Obra muito apreciada e rara de viagens em Portugal. Ilustrada com 18 gravuras extra-texto, a talha-doce, incluindo o frontispício, por James Holland. Inclui descrições do Porto, Coimbra, Pombal, Leiria e Batalha e Porto de Mós. Apresenta um capítulo sobre o Marquês de Pombal e descreve o Terramoto de 1755. Exemplar Grand Papier com cuidada encadernação inteira de pele com ferros a ouro na lombada e pastas, marmoreado à cabeça e à folha. Apresenta alguma acidez no texto e nas gravuras. Peça de colecção.
