Oblong folio, engraved title, dedication, preface (i) and (ii); History of Dublin, pp. 1-18, text 24ll., (no text leaf to plate 16), 5 plans aquatint and engraved, one a key plan of the City of Dublin, uncoloured, 25 magnificent uncoloured aquatint plates drawn and engraved by Malton and dated 1792-1799, with two engraved plans, each text leaf with heraldic aquatint vignette on recto, lacking a folding plan of the City of Dublin, 1797 present in the Abbey copy. They remark that this is found in two copies out of five, but as printers and booksellers mentioned in imprint are unrelated to the rest of the book, and as it was not present in a copy examined in the publisher's binding of boards and priced paper label, which perhaps indicates that it was added after publication by contemporary booksellers and collectors. Later half morocco over green buckram raised bands in gilt to spine; lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut. The dedication is to John Earl of Westmoreland, Governor of Ireland, and a dedication to a notability accompanies each plate. Malton accompanied his father to Dublin, where he became a Professor of Perspective and Geometry. This fine work relating to the City of Dublin, for which James Malton made the drawings himself, was a product of this journey. The original edition was produced in parts 1792-1797 and on completion in book form. It is usually found with uncoloured plates, but a few copies exist with these coloured ones. Abbey Scenery specifies sepia, which is rare. There are several issues with the plates, the imprints bearing various dates between 1792-97 as above. The final plate, View of Dublin, was from the magazine Phoenix Park. An excellent series of these twenty-five aquatint engravings of the city of Dublin. An outstanding printmaker, Malton's views are the finest and most important series of engravings of Dublin, depicting most of the principal buildings, groups of people, and scenes of daily life. They constitute a valuable pictorial record of the capital at the turn of the century. While working in Dublin, Malton exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy in London. Coloured plates in order: 1. Great Court Yard, Dublin Castle. 2. The Parliament House, Dublin. 3. Trinity College, Dublin. 4. College Library, Dublin. 5. Provost's House, Dublin. 6. Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 7. West Front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. 8. Royal Exchange, Dublin. 9. Custom House, Dublin. 10. View of the Law-Courts, looking up the Liffey, Dublin. 11. Tholsel, Dublin. 12. Old Soldiers Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin. 13. Royal Infirmary, Phoenix Park, Dublin. 14. Blue-Coat Hospital, Dublin. 15. Lying-In Hospital, Dublin. 16. Rotunda & New Rooms, Dublin. 17. St. Catherine's Church, Thomas Street, Dublin. 18. Marine School, Dublin, looking up the Liffey. 19. Leinster House, Dublin. 20. Charlemont-House, Dublin. 21. Powerscourt-House, Dublin. 22. View from Capel Street, looking over Essex-Bridge, Dublin. 23. St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. 24. Barracks, Dublin. 25. View of Dublin, from the Magazine, Phoenix-Park.