Chester. A series of 12 etchings, illustrating chief points of interest in the city

Cover title : Chester : a collection of etchings. Chester : Minshull & Neeson, c.d. [c. 1895]. Folio (380 x 275 mm), gilt-lettered blue cloth (corners rubbed, light wear, patch of discolouration to lower board), patterned endpapers, previous owner’s wet stamp to endpaper, title page, and over a presentation inscription on a preliminary which is dated 1889, twelve etchings of the picturesque city, with letterpress sheets and tissue guards, a few spots of foxing but generally clean.

A rare folio plate book of the city of Chester.

A surprisingly rare collection of etchings of the city, the etchings are not signed and the artist is not credited.

The University of Cambridge Library holds a title ‘Picturesque old Chester : a series of twelve etchings’ with ‘Introductory notes by Mrs. H. Sandford. Descriptive notes by J. Taylor’ published in Bristol, 1893. Clearly that is not the same publication as the one here, perhaps a variant edition? There is only a single example of the Bristol edition listed on OCLC, and none of this Chester edition.

We cannot locate another copy in public collections.