Sailing Vessels in Authentic Early Nineteenth-Century Illustrations

Synopsis of Sailing Vessels in Authentic Early Nineteenth-Century Illustrations

«Sailing Vessels in Authentic Early Nineteenth-Century Illustrations» is a collection of maritime engravings by Edward William Cooke, in a Dover paperback.

The book brings together 65 engravings by Edward William Cooke devoted to early nineteenth-century English shipping. The prints, reproduced from a British 1829 edition, show Thames vessels, port life, and the coasts of Portsmouth, Brighton, and other English localities, with a marked documentary and atmospheric character.

Paperback edition from Dover Publications (1989) in English, with 65 pages; reproduces the original work Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft.

Suitable for enthusiasts of maritime art, naval history, and nineteenth-century European illustration.