[Rarebooks] FS: George Brannon's 36 engraved scenes of The Isle of Wight, published in 1850

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(TRAVEL) Brannon, George. VECTIS SCENERY: BEING A SERIES OF ORIGINAL
AND SELECT VIEWS EXHIBITING THE PICTURESQUE BEAUTIES OF THE ISLE OF
WIGHT, with Ample Descriptive and Explanatory Letter-Press. Wootton
Common, Isle of Wight: Published by the Artist. June 1, 1850. Folio.
72pp. Plus 36 copper engraved plates (each with a tissue guard), and a
folding map. Engraved title page with a vignette. Cont. 1/2 morocco
over floral embossed gray cloth, morocco gilt tooled label on front
cover. Finely rebacked, with the original spine strip laid back down.
One plate lightly foxed, the rest sharp & bright.   $600.00 (trade
discount allowed)
A preliminary leaf notes, "Visitors are particularly requested to
observe, that this being a Local Production, it.. will prove A Novelty
in any other part of the kingdom – because it has never been in the
hands either of Hawkers or the London Booksellers." Two earlier
editions (the first is 1826) had 25 and 30 plates only.